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Paperback. In recent decades, there has been much controversy over the basic ontological commitments of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. This volume brings together papers from many of the leading scholars of Leibniz's thought, all of which deal with the cluster of questions surrounding Leibniz's philosophy of body. Editor(s): Smith, Justin E. H.; Nachtomy, Ohad. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734845
- ISBN
- 9789400734845
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. The studies in the book reveal the unexpected richness of the mind of John Locke, its complexity, the ambiguities and curious turns of thought that find expression in his writing, and the depth of his thinking. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; HRA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734906
- ISBN
- 9789400734906
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Highlighting the coherence of, and connections between, current themes in the subject, this volume collates original contributions from key researchers into a new trend in the contemporary theory of knowledge and belief known as 'dynamic epistemology'. Editor(s): Girard, Patrick R.; Roy, Olivier; Marion, Mathieu. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; JPA; PBUD; PDA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 361.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734913
- ISBN
- 9789400734913
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book examines eleven recent European cases related to business ethics, mainly from The Netherlands and Belgium and all of them with a clear moral impact. Each case is followed by expert comments, from general and business ethics as well as other fields. Editor(s): Dubbink, Wim (Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands); Liedekerke, L. van; Luijk, Henk van. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 316 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735163
- ISBN
- 9789400735163
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€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. This volume presents works which have been done in Brazil on the philosophy of science, logic and the history of science. It includes a general introduction, which offers a historical and conceptual guide about the development of the field in Brazil. Editor(s): Krause, Decio; Videira, Antonio. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 563.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735170
- ISBN
- 9789400735170
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€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. This book focuses on multiple aspects of the archaeological investigation on Neanderthal lifeways. It arose from the results of an international congress in honor of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils. Editor(s): Conard, Nicholas J.; Richter, Jurgen. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HD; JHM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 768.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735255
- ISBN
- 9789400735255
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Condition: New
€ 163.04
€ 163.04
Paperback. This monograph opens by presenting a method of diagramming argument macrostructure, synthesizing the standard circle and arrow approach with the Toulmin model. A theoretical justification follows, including an account of the proper reconstructon of enthymemes. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735538
- ISBN
- 9789400735538
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€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Peopling of Europe
. Ed(S): Condemi, Silvana; Weniger, Gerd-Chri...
Paperback. Ever since we discovered the Neanderthals, debate has raged among palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists over their origin and significance. This book sets out the current status of our knowledge of them and suggests areas for potential future research. Editor(s): Condemi, Silvana; Weniger, Gerd-Christian. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1001.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735545
- ISBN
- 9789400735545
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€ 142.44
€ 142.44
Paperback. Focusing on the foundations, this volume explores both classical and constructive mathematics. Its great advantage is to extend the traditional discussion of the foundations of mathematics and to render it at the same time both subtle and more differentiated. Editor(s): Sommaruga, Giovanni. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735613
- ISBN
- 9789400735613
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
paperback. This is an updated overview of the most important thinking of Joseph C. Pitt of Virginia Tech, the prominent philosopher of technology. It challenges the idea that eternal philosophical issues transcend the impact of technologies on humans and their world. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 373.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735668
- ISBN
- 9789400735668
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Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Law and Democracy in Neil Maccormick's Legal and Political Theory
. Ed(S): Menendez, Agustin Jose; Fossum, John...
Paperback. Planned as a celebration of MacCormick's work, this is an homage and salute in which contributors undertake a critical reconstruction, revealing the connections of his writings, and furthering his insights in post-sovereign legal and democratic theory. Editor(s): Menendez, Agustin Jose; Fossum, John Erik. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735750
- ISBN
- 9789400735750
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€ 194.32
€ 194.32
paperback. This exploration of modern logic theory focuses on its relationships with other disciplines, including new interfaces with rational choice theory, epistemology, game theory and informatics. It reflects new and ambitious developments in human reasoning. Editor(s): Benthem, Johan van; Gupta, Amitabha; Pacuit, Eric. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735774
- ISBN
- 9789400735774
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This overview of modern logic and its relationship with other disciplines includes several articles that explore an inspiring new paradigm called 'social software', which studies patterns of social interaction using techniques from logic and computer science. Editor(s): Benthem, Johan van; Gupta, Amitabha; Parikh, Rohit. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPK; HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735811
- ISBN
- 9789400735811
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Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Paperback. This book examines the virtues and the way women were represented and represented themselves as capable of exercising virtue in the late medieval and early renaissance period. It reveals the complexity and diversity of medieval attitudes to female virtue. Editor(s): Green, Karen; Mews, Dr Constant J. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735828
- ISBN
- 9789400735828
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore, this work identifies the points of contact between religious and state institutions as well as the processes that sustain them. Series: ARI - Springer Asia Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HRAM2; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735866
- ISBN
- 9789400735866
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Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
paperback. Literature seeks threads of "the sense of life", "the inward quest", "the frames of experience" in reaching the inward sources of 'destiny'. This unusual collection reveals the deeper generative elements which form a sense of life stretching between destiny and doom. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735941
- ISBN
- 9789400735941
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Condition: New
€ 194.77
€ 194.77
Paperback. This collection of scholarly papers focuses on the role of spirituality and ethics in renewing the contemporary management praxis. The book provides a pluralistic approach to spirituality and management, and advises on improving the ethics of organizations. Editor(s): Zsolnai, Laszlo. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 373.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735958
- ISBN
- 9789400735958
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Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Paperback. This unique collection of studies reveals the spiritual source common to the Occidental as well as the Islamic cultures. In seeking out the shared intuitions of Occidental and Islamic spirit, the book yields a rare panorama of human cultural inheritance. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Islamic Philosophy & Occidental Phenomenology in Dialogue. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400736016
- ISBN
- 9789400736016
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book promotes the core value-choices of Buddhism: happiness, peace and permanence as a new path for businesses. Unlike Western economic models, the book proposes a model of peace, permanence and personal relationship, leading to a sustainable business. Editor(s): Zsolnai, Laszlo. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 228 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRE; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400736153
- ISBN
- 9789400736153
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Christian Munthe undertakes an innovative, in-depth philosophical analysis of what the idea of a precautionary principle is and should be about. A novel theory of the ethics of imposing risks is developed and the author analyses the political implications. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400736184
- ISBN
- 9789400736184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76