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Paperback. Presents feminist critiques and analyses of natural and social sciences and their philosophies. This collection of essays focuses on Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Marx; on the 'adversary method' model of philosophic reasoning; on principles of individuation on philosophical ontology and philosophy of language; and more. Editor(s): Harding, Sandra G.; Hintikka, Merrill B. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2003. Softcover reprint of the original 2
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013195
- ISBN
- 9781402013195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 202.30
€ 202.30
hardcover. This work is for students and Husserl scholars interested in the genesis of Husserl's thought, and more specifically in the question of intersubjectivity. Based on both published and unpublished materials, it offers a long hand study on the origins of the problem of intersubjectivity. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402012624
- ISBN
- 9781402012624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.95
€ 69.95
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological travelling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. This book covers different periods of time and local settings, and uses a variety of methodological approaches. Editor(s): Simoes, Ana (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Carneiro, Ana (New University of Lisbon, Portugal); Diogo, Marian Paula (New University of Lisbon, Portugal). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HDDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012594
- ISBN
- 9781402012594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.39
€ 192.39
Hardback. Focuses on the logical-grammatical analysis of natural language. Tools of modern categorical grammar are employed to explain many problems raised by historiography. This book is useful for scholars of medieval philosophy and historians of logic and linguistics. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3H; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012464
- ISBN
- 9781402012464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.78
€ 123.78
Hardback. Editor(s): Roesner, Martina. Series: Phaenomenologica S.: Published Under the Auspices of the Husserl Archives, Leuven, Belgium. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012341
- ISBN
- 9781402012341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.62
€ 193.62
Hardback. Brings together 11 essays that offer insights on a number of Carnap's concerns and ideas. This volume features these essays that form a collection, which proves to be a useful resource for our understanding of the historic Carnap and the living philosophical issues. It is suitable for graduate students of the philosophy of language and logic. Editor(s): Bonk, Thomas (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munchen, Germany). Series: Vienna Circle Institute Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012068
- ISBN
- 9781402012068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.90
€ 126.90
Paperback. Offers an assessment of the classic topic - Turing Test in artificial intelligence. This book elaborates the numerous conflicting points of view on many aspects of this multifaceted, controversial subject. It traces the history of the debate about the merits of the Turing test. It also examines alternatives to the Turing test. Editor(s): Moor, James H. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012051
- ISBN
- 9781402012051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 190.20
€ 190.20
Hardback. Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCC7; PGG; RBG; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011894
- ISBN
- 9781402011894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.04
€ 243.04
Paperback. More than any other topic, prophecy represents the point at which the Divine meets the human, the Absolute meets the relative. How can a human being attain the Word of God? This book offers a study of prophecy in the thought of medieval Jewish philosophers such as R Saadiah Gaon, R Judah Halevi, Gersonides, and others. Series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy. Num Pages: 671 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 949.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 671
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011818
- ISBN
- 9781402011818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 283.14
€ 283.14
Hardback. Describes valuation processes in educational administration. This book focuses on the notions community and professionalism. It is of interest to university faculty, graduate students and educational administrators. Editor(s): Begley, Paul Thomas; Johansson, Olof. Series: Studies in Educational Leadership. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011597
- ISBN
- 9781402011597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to this book, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011566
- ISBN
- 9781402011566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.83
€ 195.83
Hardback. Papers of a Conference held in Bonn, November 10-13, 2000 Editor(s): Lowe, Benedikt; Malzkorn, Wolfgang; Rasch, Thoralf. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011542
- ISBN
- 9781402011542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Paperback. Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character. This confronts us with moral problems and dilemmas. This book argues that pragmatism, with its emphasis on the interaction between technology and values, gives us both procedural help and stresses the importance of living and cooperating together in tackling these problems and dilemmas. Editor(s): Keulartz, Jozef; Korthals, Michiel; Schermer, Maartje; Swierstra, Tsjalling. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011153
- ISBN
- 9781402011153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.29
€ 126.29
Paperback. Offers a presentation and defense of the theory of human and machine cognition, according to which human persons are superminds. The third and pivotal volume in supermind quartet, this book offers eight prescriptions for the concrete practice of AI and cognitive science in light of the fact that we are superminds. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010958
- ISBN
- 9781402010958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
hardcover. A presentation and defense of a theory of human and machine cognition, according to which human persons are superminds. It offers eight prescriptions for the concrete practice of AI and cognitive science in light of the fact that we are superminds. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402010941
- ISBN
- 9781402010941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.38
€ 130.38
Hardback. Contains papers presented at the workshop 'Reworking the Bench: Laboratory Notebooks in the History of Science', held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. This book addresses the issue of research notes for writing history of science in a comprehensive manner. Editor(s): Holmes, Frederic L.; Renn, Jurgen; Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010392
- ISBN
- 9781402010392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.62
€ 193.62
Hardback. With the euthanasia issue highlighted in the public arena, this book argues for a non-absolutist highest value on life ethic and how that fits with society's current emphasis on individual autonomy. It is suitable for students of ethics, nursing and medicine and those engaged in the public debate on euthanasia. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010293
- ISBN
- 9781402010293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.53
€ 126.53
Paperback. Features essays that provide a picture of the medieval development of philosophical theories concerning the nature of emotions and the influence they have on human choice. This title shows how old and new ideas were bred and brought into the Middle Ages, and how they resulted in a genuinely modern perspective in the thought of Descartes. Editor(s): Lagerlund, Henrik; Yrjonsuuri, Mikko. Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010279
- ISBN
- 9781402010279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardback. Provides a defence of the programme of inductive logic. This work describes the significance of inductive logic. The resulting structural reliabilist theory propounds the view that justification supervenes on syntactic and semantic properties of sentences as justification-bearers. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010132
- ISBN
- 9781402010132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
hardcover. Features essays that provide a picture of the medieval development of philosophical theories concerning the nature of emotions and the influence they have on human choice. This title shows how old and new ideas were bred and brought into the Middle Ages, and how they resulted in a genuinely modern perspective in the thought of Descartes. Editor(s): Lagerlund, Henrik; Yrjonsuuri, Mikko. Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402009938
- ISBN
- 9781402009938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.98
€ 129.98