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Hardback. The seventh volume in a series which reviews philosophical research over the last decades in various countries. Focusing on Asian philosophy, it comprises contributions by scholars from India, Japan and Korea and discusses key topics in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shamanism. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HPDF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317623
- ISBN
- 9780792317623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.91
€ 259.91
Hardback. Are we morally required to act in the interests of others? Does our worth as persons depend in any way on our valuing the good of others? This book addresses these questions which concern the relevance of other-interested considerations - of facts about what is good or bad for others - to the moral status of persons and their actions. Series: Philosophical Studies S. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318569
- ISBN
- 9780792318569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.94
€ 131.94
Hardback. A collection of papers by eminent scholars who discuss issues and concepts regarding the character of medicine. Special attention is given to the extent to which medicine is a science, art and technology. Investigations are carried out with a particular focus on the nature of medical knowledge. Editor(s): Delkeskamp-Hayes, Corinna; Cutter, Mary Ann Gardell. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 340 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318699
- ISBN
- 9780792318699
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Condition: New
€ 202.72
€ 202.72
Hardback. Provides a summary of recent international and regional developments on specific topics in bioethics. Authors report on such topics as new reproductive technologies, abortion, active euthanasia, the case of severely disabled newborns, and organ donation and transplantation. Editor(s): Lustig, B. Andrew; Brody, Baruch A.; Engelhardt, H. Tristram; McCullough, Laurence B. Series: Bioethics Yearbook. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318934
- ISBN
- 9780792318934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.75
€ 254.75
Hardback. Rationality in its various expressions and innumerable applications sustains understanding and our sense of reality. This title reveals the workings of the logos at the root of beingness and all rationality, whereby we gaze upon the prospect of a New Enlightenment. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319023
- ISBN
- 9780792319023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.93
€ 201.93
Hardback. The articles in this book display the originality and creativity of Eros and Eris, and their important role in the history of our culture, particularly in the history of philosophy and its role in today's systematic philosophy. Editor(s): Tongeren, P. van; Sars, Paul; Bremmers, Chris; Boey, Koen. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319177
- ISBN
- 9780792319177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.53
€ 202.53
The Codification of Medical Morality. Historical and Philosophical Stu...
. Ed(S): Baker, Robert; Porter, Dorothy; Port...
Hardback. Offers a survey of early medical ethics in the eighteenth century. This book focusses on the relationship between the ethical dilemmas of actual practice and the formulations of philosophically-minded physicians. It also examines the historical and philosophical roots of late Enlightenment medical-ethical theories. Editor(s): Baker, Robert; Porter, Dorothy; Porter, Roy. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319214
- ISBN
- 9780792319214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.45
€ 133.45
hardcover. This work is devoted to the life and work of Thomas White, an important and wide-ranging 17th-century thinker. He is shown as the leader of an influential faction of English Catholics; as a dogged opponent of scepticism; and as a would-be synthesizer of scholastic thought with the "new philosophy". Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319269
- ISBN
- 9780792319269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.85
€ 132.85
hardcover. The new business opportunities and prospects emerging in Europe within the Common Market and other Western and European countries also raise important ethical challenges. This work comprises a collection of ethical insights to enhance the conduct of business in an evolving Europe. Editor(s): Mahoney, Jack; Vallance, Elizabeth. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319313
- ISBN
- 9780792319313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.61
€ 133.61
Hardback. Includes articles which phenomenologically describe and analyze the noemata of various experiences as well as articles which undertake the 'metaphenomenological' explication of the doctrine of the noema. The articles in this book elucidate and clarify the notion of the noema. Editor(s): Drummond, John J.; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319801
- ISBN
- 9780792319801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Hardback. In this introduction to the field of archaeology several leading archaeologists show how accessible and interesting the current archaeological literature is, and currently active philosophers of archaeology reveal something of the current state of discussion on the subject. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320234
- ISBN
- 9780792320234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.53
€ 202.53
Hardback. Offers an effective operational model of informed consent. This text examines and evaluates, in detail, the agendas, arguments and supporting materials of its proponents and detractors. It reviews empirical studies of informed consent, and reflects on the common clinician experience. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320296
- ISBN
- 9780792320296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39
Hardback. Reconstructs the "Phaenomenologie der Instinke" from published works and the unpublished manuscripts of Husserl. It shows the implications of this text for the system of phenomenology, concluding that transcendental phenomenology can no longer be considered a one-sided philosophy of consciousness. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320418
- ISBN
- 9780792320418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 346.67
€ 346.67
Hardback. Examining the nature, conditions of possibility and scope of a valid dialectical logic, this book opens with an exposition, from an Hegelian point of view, of the categories of Identity, Difference and Contradiction. It discusses some basic issues such as the problems of the Beginning, the End, the Language, and the problem of Nature and Matter. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320470
- ISBN
- 9780792320470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.48
€ 201.48
Hardback. Based on the meeting of Japanese and Western phenomenologists, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, Inc, this book shows links with several human sciences including Zen and the Japanese tradition in phenomenology. Editor(s): Blosser, Philip; Schimomisse, Eiichi (California State University, USA); Embree, Lester; Kojima, Hiroshi. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 468 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320753
- ISBN
- 9780792320753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.97
€ 260.97
Hardback. Drawing attention to the formal flaws in theories that motivate theory modification, the correspondence relations that hold between old and new theories and the cross-theoretic retention of symmetry and conservation principles, this volume is dedicated to Heinz Post who proposed a rational model of scientific discovery. Editor(s): French, Steven; Kamminga, Harmke. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320852
- ISBN
- 9780792320852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.24
€ 259.24
Hardback. Selection of essays concerned with the intellectual contributions of J.N. Mohanty toward phenomenology and Indian philosophy. These essays aim to provide a critical yet constructive discussion of his ideas, and Mohanty responds to these and other criticisms, clarifying and developing his views. Editor(s): Kirkland, Frank M.; Chattopadhyaya, D. P. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320876
- ISBN
- 9780792320876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.31
€ 258.31
Hardback. Contributes to the connection between phenomenology and cognitive science. Continuing Husserl's science of consciousness, this title shows that consciousness is structured in various sorts of ways and that it is very complicated, with one kind of consciousness being enclosed within other kinds. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321019
- ISBN
- 9780792321019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.65
€ 71.65
Hardback. What does religion or the religious traditions have to contribute to the discussion and resolution of contemporary bioethical issues? This volume features essays that keep in touch with the very concrete and specific nature of bioethics by illustrating their points with selected bioethical problems or cases. Editor(s): Camenisch, Paul F. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321026
- ISBN
- 9780792321026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.86
€ 258.86
Hardback. Aims to provide a philosophic analysis of the phenomenon of the comic. The author examines existing theories of the comic, from Aristotle to date, and classifies them, as well as advancing his own definition of the comic as a broadly understood deviation from the norm. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321033
- ISBN
- 9780792321033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.14
€ 200.14