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Hardback. Evaluates the philosophy of Leo Apostel, who dedicated his life to the investigation of the use of philosophy in everyday life. This book is suitable not only for professional philosophers, but also for students, teachers, academics and those who are interested in the relationship between philosophy and the world. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Belle, Hubert van; Veken, Jan van der. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357605
- ISBN
- 9780792357605
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€ 197.68
€ 197.68
Hardback. Belief (of being) in Husserl's phenomenology count without question to his central themes of perception and consciousness of time. This work tries to explain these problems and to point out how far these questions have been solved by Husserl and which questions still need further research. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357797
- ISBN
- 9780792357797
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€ 179.50
€ 179.50
Judaeo-Christian Intellectual Culture in the Seventeenth Century
. Ed(S): Coudert, Allison; Hutton, S. (School...
Hardback. Focuses on Latin Judaica and Biblical interpretation with an emphasis on texts found in the library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh of Dublin. This collection of Latin Judaica, Polyglot Bibles, and other works sheds light on the way in which the Protestant Reformation dealt both with Jews, the Bible, the Jewish Kabbalah and religious toleration. Editor(s): Coudert, Allison; Hutton, S. (School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK); Popkin, R. H.; Weiner, G. M. (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357896
- ISBN
- 9780792357896
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€ 134.69
€ 134.69
Hardback. A collection of essays, it presents a survey of the main aspects of Georg Henrik von Wright's philosophy. It covers the developments in Von Wright's thought up to the end of the 1990s. It focuses on the chief areas of Von Wright's interests that include: practical rationality; human action and determinism; and, philosophical logic. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 527.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358107
- ISBN
- 9780792358107
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€ 133.66
€ 133.66
Hardback. In May 1998, a distinguished group of philosophers met in Munich to discuss the rationality of theism. This volume is a collection of the papers read at that conference. Editor(s): Bruntrup, Godehard; Tacelli, Ronald K. Series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358299
- ISBN
- 9780792358299
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€ 134.33
€ 134.33
Hardback. A study of the philosophy of Johannes Clauberg (1622-1665). Editor(s): Verbeek, Theo. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358312
- ISBN
- 9780792358312
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€ 132.99
€ 132.99
Hardback. Who - or what - is an agent? How does an agent do things, or refrain from doing them? An attempt to understand the concept of agent causality, this work proposes that persons are in control of their actions in virtue of reflective consciousness, consisting of a primary, intrinsic, nonobservational awareness of one's own activity. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358480
- ISBN
- 9780792358480
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€ 131.99
€ 131.99
Hardback. This collection of essays devoted to questions of international business presents fresh road maps to analyze business ethics topics of universal concern. Editor(s): Werhane, Patricia H.; Singer, Alan E. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358497
- ISBN
- 9780792358497
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€ 133.88
€ 133.88
Hardback. Clouser challenged many established approaches to moral theory and offered strategies for integrating the humanities into professional education, especially that of physicians and nurses. The contributions in this text contain a critical review of Clouser's work. Editor(s): Kopelman, Lorreta. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 263 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358534
- ISBN
- 9780792358534
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€ 200.93
€ 200.93
Hardback. The nature of truth is one of the central philosophical problems of all time. This work draws together contributions from analytic philosophers who approach the problem within the context established by the results of Alfred Tarski. It is devoted to a reconsideration of some of the classical ideas about truth. Editor(s): Peregrin, Jaroslav. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358657
- ISBN
- 9780792358657
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€ 133.33
€ 133.33
Hardback. Dutch Reformed pastor Balthasar Bekker (1634-1698) has long been recognized as a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. With an examination of the ideas of Bekker, his opponents and supporters, this book places the controversy around "The World Bewitched" within the context of the Cartesian debates. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358763
- ISBN
- 9780792358763
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€ 132.39
€ 132.39
Hardback. A study of Sigmund Freud's philosophy of mind. This book charts Freud's intellectual development as he deals with the mind-body problem, the nature of consciousness, folk psychology versus scientific psychology, the relationship between language and thought, realism and antirealism in psychology, and the nature of unconscious mental events. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358824
- ISBN
- 9780792358824
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€ 133.45
€ 133.45
Hardback. Presents papers which are collected from a conference held in Montreal, 1-3 June 1995. This volume deals with the problem of consciousness in relation to intentionality. It also deals with the problem of 'qualia', a notion closely related to phenomenal consciousness, approached in the context of perception. Editor(s): Fisette, Denis. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359074
- ISBN
- 9780792359074
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Condition: New
€ 203.13
€ 203.13
Hardback. Provides an overview of the theory of causation, including counterfactual, singularist, nomological and causal process approaches. This book also covers work on the nature of laws of nature, with emphasis on the scientific essentialist theory that laws of nature are, at base, the fundamental dispositions or capacities of natural kinds of things. Editor(s): Sankey, Howard. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359142
- ISBN
- 9780792359142
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€ 202.99
€ 202.99
Hardback. Provides a multicultural anthology of women philosophers: Chinese, European, North and Central American. This title presents a history of women philosophers through selected works from the first century to the beginning of 20th century. It also provides unusual comprehensiveness in its bibliographies, biographies, and introductions to the works. Editor(s): Dykeman, Therese Boos. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1KBB; HPK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359562
- ISBN
- 9780792359562
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€ 203.41
€ 203.41
Hardback. Medicine's concern with health is perennial, but its reflection, concepts and means change with the advance of science and social life. Presented here is a panorama of medical discussions with their philosophical underpinnings and queries as they have evolved from the past. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Zalewski, Zbigniew. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359623
- ISBN
- 9780792359623
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€ 202.38
€ 202.38
Hardback. Captures the main issues addressed in the Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Cognitive Science. This volume contains three kinds of papers corresponding to three of the main disciplines in cognitive science: philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Editor(s): Korta, Kepa; Sosa, Ernest; Arrazola, Xabier. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359739
- ISBN
- 9780792359739
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Condition: New
€ 133.06
€ 133.06
hardcover. Features results concerning the genuinely logical aspects of fuzzy sets in relation to algebraic considerations, knowledge representation and commonsense reasoning. This work offers a look at multiple-valued and fuzzy set-based logics, in an artificial intelligence perspective. Editor(s): Dubois, Didier; Prade, Henri; Klement, Erich Peter. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 425 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359777
- ISBN
- 9780792359777
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Condition: New
€ 204.47
€ 204.47
Hardback. A collection of 11 essays composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society, dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus. Editor(s): Bagley, Paul J. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359845
- ISBN
- 9780792359845
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Condition: New
€ 201.93
€ 201.93
Hardback. Features essays that disentangle us from the opposition between universalism and relativism in which so many of the debates in contemporary philosophy have been caught. This title shows that what is in fact returning in these discussions and maneuvering them into a pre-set course is the very ambiguity, 'the subject', which they seek to repress. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359852
- ISBN
- 9780792359852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.98
€ 259.98