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Hardcover. This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the extent to which scepticism featured in evolving Enlightenment philosophy, with expert commentary on a range of thinkers including less well known, but nonetheless influential figures. Editor(s): Charles, Sebastien; Plinio, J. Smith. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400748095
- ISBN
- 9789400748095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.71
€ 129.71
Hardback. Exploring a pressing issue in the context of contemporary economic woes, this volume combines philosophy and jurisprudence to develop new theories of economic justice that reexamine the commonly held values informing policies on the market and the workplace. Editor(s): Stacy, Helen M.; Lee, Win-Chiat. Series: Amintaphil: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; KCP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400749047
- ISBN
- 9789400749047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. This book provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism. It also reexamines the fundamental shift from a humanist logic to epistemology and facultative logic. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HPCD1; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400749504
- ISBN
- 9789400749504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.72
€ 183.72
Hardback. This book brings together leading authors from the disciplies of Geography and History to discuss the value of standard and specialized geographical information systems applied to historical research, focusing on the 'why' of GIS in history. Editor(s): Lunen, Alexander von; Travis, Charles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; KCP; PDA; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750081
- ISBN
- 9789400750081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.39
€ 206.39
Hardback. This analytical review of Leibniz's 'Essais de Theodicee' shows and upholds Leibniz's rational conception of faith, his rational notion of mystery, the reformation of classical ontology and the importance of his thought in the tradition of critical idealism. Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 639.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750302
- ISBN
- 9789400750302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.76
€ 150.76
Hardback. This comprehensive appraisal of one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the 20th century results from Dorion Cairns's remarkable association with Husserl, informed by a close personal relationship with the thinker that spanned some three years. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750425
- ISBN
- 9789400750425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardback. Combining fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches, this book focuses sustained ethical scrutiny on the controversies surrounding natural athletic talent and enhanced performance. Editor(s): Tolleneer, Jan; Sterckx, Sigrid; Bonte, Pieter. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751002
- ISBN
- 9789400751002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35
€ 129.35
Scientific Sources and Teaching Contexts Throughout History: Problems ...
. Ed(S): Bernard, Alain; Proust, Christine
Hardback. Scientific Sources and Teaching Contexts Throughout History: Problems and Perspectives Editor(s): Bernard, Alain; Proust, Christine. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JNA; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751217
- ISBN
- 9789400751217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Paperback. Paradoxes provide a vehicle for exposing misinterpretations and misapplications of accepted principles. This book discusses paradoxes surrounding probability theory. It focuses on controversy; others have allegedly been solved, however the accepted solutions are demonstrably incorrect. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 79 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 79
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751392
- ISBN
- 9789400751392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
Hardback. The early, now classic, papers of Howard Pattee are often difficult to find. This book makes these papers readily available and features a contemporary introduction which links them to current discourse in biosemiotics and the cognitive sciences. Series: Biosemiotics. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; PSA; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751606
- ISBN
- 9789400751606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 339.48
€ 339.48
Hardback. Focusing on a series of methodological difficulties swirling around consciousness research, the contributors to this volume suggest that 'consciousness' is, in fact, not a wholly viable scientific concept Series: Studies in Brain and Mind. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751729
- ISBN
- 9789400751729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardback. This book offers English translations of two early legal-philosophical writings by Leibniz: the Specimen Quaestionum philosophicarum ex Jure Collectarum (1664), and Disputatio Inauguralis de Casibus Perplexis in Jure (1666). Editor(s): Artosi, Alberto; Pieri, Bernardo; Sartor, Giovanni. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751910
- ISBN
- 9789400751910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict
. Ed(S): Maclachlan, Alice; Speight, Allen
Hardback. Drawing on the work of leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, political theory, international law, religious studies and peace studies, this book makes a significant contribution to current literature on war, justice and post-conflict reconciliation. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Alice; Speight, Allen. Series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752009
- ISBN
- 9789400752009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Drawing on interviews with leading figures in multifaith relations, this book documents the rise of the movement, describing initiatives that have been deployed to counter terrorism, climate change and other global risks at the turn of the 21st century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752092
- ISBN
- 9789400752092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Honoring the centenary of the original appearance of Ideen, this book assesses the influence of Husserl's concept of phenomenology on leading figures and movements of the last century: Ortega y Gassett, Edith Stein, Heidegger and Gurwitsch, among others. Editor(s): Embree, Lester; Nenon, Thomas. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752122
- ISBN
- 9789400752122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.64
€ 196.64
Hardback. The first to address the role of correspondence in the study of religion, this book shows how letters shaped religious debate in early-modern and Enlightenment Britain, and discusses the materiality of the letters as well as questions of form and genre. Editor(s): Dunan-Page, Anne; Prunier, Clotilde. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRAM; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752153
- ISBN
- 9789400752153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. This book collects essays on the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of philosophical models of God, gods and other ultimate realities implicit in world religions and schools of philosphy, and of the ideas of such models and doing such modeling. Editor(s): Kasher, Asa; Diller, Jeanine. Num Pages: 1041 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 1041
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752184
- ISBN
- 9789400752184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.28
€ 257.28
Hardback. In this book, international scholars offer innovative outlooks on the ethics of the built environment. They present a set of rigorous theoretical perspectives on urgent topics with regards to planning, from aesthetics to the rights of users. Editor(s): Basta, Claudia; Moroni, Stefano. Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMVD; HPN; HPQ; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752450
- ISBN
- 9789400752450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. This book introduces both pro-and anti-market positions in the debate about exchange of human body parts. It concludes that a different analytical approach is needed to better understand the mechanisms when organizations exchange organs, tissues and cells. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752634
- ISBN
- 9789400752634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.36
€ 194.36
Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World
. Ed(S): Gross, Zehavit; Davies, Lynn; Diab, ...
Hardback. This book examines the intersections between gender, religion and education throughout the world. It reveals a great complexity and often contradiction in negotiations of religion and secularism and a range of possibilities for change. Editor(s): Gross, Zehavit; Davies, Lynn; Diab, Al- Khansaa. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFSJ; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400752696
- ISBN
- 9789400752696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.00
€ 196.00