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Hardback. This book identifies the specific ethical aspects of sustainability and develops ethical tools to analyze them. It also provides a methodological framework to integrate ethical and scientific analyses of sustainability issues. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722842
- ISBN
- 9789400722842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Based on the Symbolic Species Conferences I, II, which took place in 2006, 2007, this volume offers contributions from a wide variety of scholars. Topics include emergence in evolution, the origin of language, the semiotic 'missing link', Peirce's semiotics in evolution and biology, and more. Editor(s): Schilhab, Theresa; Stjernfelt, Frederik (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); Deacon, Terrence W. Series: Biosemiotics. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PSAJ; PSAN; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723351
- ISBN
- 9789400723351
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Condition: New
€ 250.47
€ 250.47
Hardback. This book explores the foundations of argumentation theory and related disciplines, illuminating the central debates and core ideas in four areas: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, Argument Theory and Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric. Editor(s): Tindale, Christopher W. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723627
- ISBN
- 9789400723627
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Condition: New
€ 196.00
€ 196.00
Hardback. This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Editor(s): Corradetti, Claudio. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723757
- ISBN
- 9789400723757
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Condition: New
€ 129.37
€ 129.37
Hardback. This is the ultimate companion to Protestant schooling, the most comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the subject available, addressing Protestant education on six continents and offering the perspectives of leading authorities and public figures. Editor(s): Jeynes, William; Robinson, David W. Series: International Handbooks of Religion and Education. Num Pages: 714 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCV2; JNF; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 714
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723863
- ISBN
- 9789400723863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 508.93
€ 508.93
Hardback. Is reality logical and is logic real? This book offers analyses of the logic-reality relationship from different approaches and perspectives. The papers collected in this volume address cutting-edge topics in contemporary discussions amongst specialists. Editor(s): Trobok, Majda; Miscevic, N.; Zarnic, Berislav. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723894
- ISBN
- 9789400723894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. Examining the problems faced, and solutions developed by, Harvard philosopher Willard Quine, this volume tracks his career from his early radical empiricism and behaviorism to his development of skeptical doctrines regarding meaning, reference, and science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724235
- ISBN
- 9789400724235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.34
€ 195.34
Hardcover. Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy. This volume details the history of vitalism from the end of the Enlightenment to the modern day, employing both historical and philosophical methodologies. Editor(s): Normandin, Sebastien; Wolfe, Charles T. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 383 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724440
- ISBN
- 9789400724440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.28
€ 229.28
Hardback. Culled from a set of expert dialogues delivered by specialists at a conference in 2009, this volume addresses various topics in Mendelssohn's mathematics and philosophy, including analysis of his discussions with Spinoza, Wolff Baumgarten, Lambert, and Kant. Editor(s): Munk, Reinier W. (Leiden University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724501
- ISBN
- 9789400724501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.07
€ 196.07
Hardback. This ethnographic account of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Cabetigo, southern Thailand, is a much-needed counterbalance to the critical assessments of Islamic influence in the region proffered by political and security 'specialists'. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRHT; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724846
- ISBN
- 9789400724846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. Written by the foremost authorities on structural realism, this volume grapples with questions such as 'what is structure?' and 'what is an object?' The most recent advances in the field are presented, including the intersection of mathematical structuralism and structural realism. Editor(s): Landry, Elaine; Rickles, Dean. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725782
- ISBN
- 9789400725782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Honour of...
. Ed(S): Disalle, Robert; Frappier, Melanie; ...
hardcover. Focuses on the points of intersection between analytic philosophy and the philosophy of the exact sciences. This title deals with the connections between knowledge in mathematics and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the conceptual foundations of knowledge in general. Editor(s): DiSalle, Robert; Frappier, Melanie; Brown, Derek. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBX; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725812
- ISBN
- 9789400725812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Paperback. In this book, the authors report on their Systematic Empirical Research of the Conventional Validity of the Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules. Starting from a clearly defined theoretical basis, they report about a continued series of experimental tests. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 241 pages, 60 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GB; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726017
- ISBN
- 9789400726017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Paperback. In recent years there has been a lot of talk about the possible death of art. This text challenges that view, and seeks to demonstrate the continued relevance of Heidegger's reflections on the issue, summed up in his essay 'The Origin of the Work of Art'. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726024
- ISBN
- 9789400726024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.21
€ 160.21
Paperback. This collection of essays, written by noted scholars and theorists, covers everything from the practical to the theoretical, and investigates the obligations we have to future persons, ranging from our own future offspring to distant future generations. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LND; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726048
- ISBN
- 9789400726048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.01
€ 195.01
Paperback. Darwin's theory of natural selection still ignites debate between evolutionists and creationists, but this seminal work in the field of Biosemiotics offers a new angle, one that focuses on the life of living beings, treating them as co-creators of their world. Series: Biosemiotics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HP; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726123
- ISBN
- 9789400726123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.42
€ 193.42
Hardback. This book offers new insights into the current state of the Muslim World. It provides a theoretical framework for studying human development from an interdisciplinary social, cultural, economic, environmental, political, and religious perspective. Editor(s): Hasan, Samiul. Num Pages: 364 pages, 85 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726321
- ISBN
- 9789400726321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.68
€ 129.68
Hardback. The Biotechnology Debate presents a deliberative democratic theory within a more refined understanding of practice, focusing especially on moral disagreement regarding novel technologies. The examination traces the varying perspectives in this debate back to fundamentally different worldviews and values. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 356 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726901
- ISBN
- 9789400726901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardback. In the wake of the long retreat from ritual into secularism and individuality, this book presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West who reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual-especially Confucian and Christian-plays in human life. Editor(s): Solomon, David; Fan, Ruiping; Lo, Ping-Cheung. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727557
- ISBN
- 9789400727557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.92
€ 128.92
Hardback. Featuring contributions from the world's leading experts on the subject and based partly on several detailed case studies, this volume is the first comprehensive analysis of the scientific notion of robustness as well as of the general reliability of science. Editor(s): Soler, Lena; Trizio, Emiliano; Nickles, Thomas; Wimsatt, William. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727588
- ISBN
- 9789400727588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.97
€ 195.97