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Hardback. Otto von Guericke has been called a neglected genius, overlooked by most modern scholars, scientists, and laymen. He wrote his "Experimenta Nova" in the seventeenth century in Latin, a dead language for the most part inaccessible to contemporary scientists. Translator(s): Ames, Margaret Glover Foley. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323990
- ISBN
- 9780792323990
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Condition: New
€ 254.42
€ 254.42
Hardback. Approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. This book develops the basic principles of DRT for a small fragment of English (but which has nevertheless the power of standard predicate logic). Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324034
- ISBN
- 9780792324034
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Condition: New
€ 391.35
€ 391.35
Hardback. Develops a novel defense of Platonism, arguing, first, that abstracta - nonqualitative haecceities - are needed to explain concreta's being diverse at a time; and second, that unexemplified haecceities are then required to accommodate the full range of cases in which there are possible worlds containing individuals not present in the actual world. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324386
- ISBN
- 9780792324386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.37
€ 199.37
Hardback. Many elements of modern legal systems differ significantly from classical notions. This text concerns the problem of which results of human activity can obtain legal validity. The author makes use of recent findings in speech act theory, such as John R. Searle and Vanderveken's illocutionary logic. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324416
- ISBN
- 9780792324416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.72
€ 133.72
Paperback. Provides an account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. This book provides an account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. It considers the implications for medical practice. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324430
- ISBN
- 9780792324430
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Condition: New
€ 196.77
€ 196.77
Hardback. Aims to demonstrate that the cross-fertilization of Christianity and Judaism in early modern Europe, despite the long tradition of hostility, affected developments within the two groups and foreshadowed the emergence of the Enlightenment and the evolution of modern religious freedom. Editor(s): Popkin, Richard H.; Weiner, Gordon M. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324522
- ISBN
- 9780792324522
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Condition: New
€ 132.05
€ 132.05
Hardback. Considers the problem of the choice of prior probabilities for Bayesian inferences. This book attempts at a 'coordinated development' of Bayesian statistics, the theory of inductive probabilities, and the verisimilitude theory. It is suitable for researchers and readers concerned with Bayesian inference. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324607
- ISBN
- 9780792324607
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Condition: New
€ 132.85
€ 132.85
Hardback. Issues surrounding the status and nature of "nonexistent objects" constitue one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets. In this book, Perszyk takes readers through this thicket, informed both historically and at the level of contemporary discussion of relevant themes. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324614
- ISBN
- 9780792324614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47
The Books of Nature and Scripture. Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy...
. Ed(S): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H.
Hardback. The authors have attended a number of conferences where it was apparent that important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and other aspects of their philosophies. This title presents best research in this area. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324676
- ISBN
- 9780792324676
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Condition: New
€ 133.45
€ 133.45
hardcover. A set of five articles, which discuss topical philosophical problems. Topics covered are truth, individuals, speech acts and actions, formalism and the philosophy of history. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Philosophical Problems Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325642
- ISBN
- 9780792325642
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Condition: New
€ 71.91
€ 71.91
Hardback. Proceedings Warburg Colloquium 1989 Editor(s): Rattansi, Piyo; Clericuzio, Antonio. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRQX2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325734
- ISBN
- 9780792325734
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Condition: New
€ 196.17
€ 196.17
Hardback. Explains our common-sense understanding of perception and defends a representative theory of perception as an alternative form of understanding more in accord with the results of science. This book argues against color realism and defends the view that nothing has color. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325864
- ISBN
- 9780792325864
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Condition: New
€ 131.99
€ 131.99
Hardback. Much of contemporary philosophy, political theory, and social thought has been shaped directly or indirectly by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This volume explores these in favor of a non-metaphysical reading of Hegel's arguments. It also shows how the foundations of his political thought support a liberal democratic state. Editor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Pinkard, Terry P. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326298
- ISBN
- 9780792326298
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Condition: New
€ 134.21
€ 134.21
Hardback. Considers the possibility of understanding ethics not as a natural science but as representing a different stratum of language. The text demonstrates how will and motive are better understood from their reflection in public language and action than as psychological contents. Translator(s): Kaal, Hans. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326748
- ISBN
- 9780792326748
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Condition: New
€ 198.87
€ 198.87
Hardback. Discusses the Kantian theory of scientific knowledge from the perspective of analytical philosophy and philosophy of empirical and mathematical sciences. This book is intended for research workers, specialists and scholars in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. Editor(s): Parrini, Paolo. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1650.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326816
- ISBN
- 9780792326816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.58
€ 259.58
Hardback. Represents the attempt to trace the fundamental unity that lies within all of Russell's philosophical work, and the reasons behind those limited orderly changes that did, in fact, occur within it. This book is addressed primarily to serious students of Russell's philosophy, and is suitable for use in both postgraduate and undergraduate courses. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326885
- ISBN
- 9780792326885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Hardback. The essays contained in this volume attempt to ground philosophy of the Sacred and the Divine in phenomenological evidence. They register the contribution of A-T. Tymieniecka's phenomenology of life in providing a significant 20th-century vision for the accomplishment of this task. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 687.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326908
- ISBN
- 9780792326908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.92
€ 202.92
hardcover. Papers from the 9th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science Editor(s): Prawitz, Dag; Westerstahl, Dag. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 614 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1033.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Number of pages
- 614
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327028
- ISBN
- 9780792327028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.42
€ 255.42
Hardback. Since the 1960s, comparisons have been made between Frege's semantic views and Husserl's theory of intentional acts concerning the foundations of logic and mathematics. This book brings together a number of articles by well-known authors and gives a survey of recent developments in the field. Editor(s): Haaparanta, Leila. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327035
- ISBN
- 9780792327035
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Condition: New
€ 134.66
€ 134.66
Hardback. Provides an English translation of "Lectura" I 39, a key text of the medieval theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, together with an introduction and a commentary. Scotus was the first scholar to develop a consistent analysis of the basic Christian notions of "contingency" and "freedom". Editor(s): Jaczn, Anthonie Vos; Veldhuis, Henri; Looman-Graaskamp, Aline H.; Dekker, E.; Bok, Nico W. den. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327073
- ISBN
- 9780792327073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.99
€ 132.99