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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Paperback. This text proposes a theory of evolving ways of knowing that allows a view of adult development similar to that of child development: an open-ended process, born of the dynamic interaction of cultural demands and emerging mental capabilities. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; JMA; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674445888
ISBN
9780674445888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.12

Paperback. Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Without knowledge, scientific enquiry is meaningless and we can't analyse the world around us. But what exactly is it and how do we obtain it? Should we trust our senses? This title covers topics ranging from scepticism and induction to Kant's transcendentalism. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687329
ISBN
9781851687329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Offers a theory of rationality, the one characteristic deemed to fix humanity's "specialness." This book combines speculations with investigations to portray the nature and status of rationality and the essential role that imagination plays in this singular human aptitude. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020969
ISBN
9780691020969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. This text presents classic essays on the conceptual and theoretical problems in the study of vision. In a style that is accessible to the non-expert, it lays out core issues in the theory of vision and then sets up a dialogue on the topics among philosophers and psychologists, past and present. Editor(s): Schwartz, Robert. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224228
ISBN
9780631224228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. The Images of Time is a philosophical investigation of the nature of time and the mind's ways of representing it. Robin Le Poidevin examines the ways in which we perceive time and change, the means by which memory links us with the past, the attempt to represent change and movement in art, and the nature of fictional time. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199575510
ISBN
9780199575510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.93

Paperback. Challenges gendered views of birth and death Editor(s): Schott, Robin May. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222374
ISBN
9780253222374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. The predicate "beautiful" indicates that something has minimal form and is cognizable. This book explores this concept of form, in particular the role of presentation in what Kant refers to as mere form, which involves not only the understanding, but also reason as the faculty of ideas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPK; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746212
ISBN
9780804746212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

hardcover. The predicate "beautiful" indicates that something has minimal form and is cognizable. This book explores this concept of form, in particular the role of presentation in what Kant refers to as mere form, which involves not only the understanding, but also reason as the faculty of ideas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPK; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746137
ISBN
9780804746137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. Includes the interviews, given between 1962 and 1980, that speak about the development of the author's thought, explaining why and how he wrote his many books, paying tributes to philosophers, linguists, novelists, poets, painters and film-makers who have inspired him, and discussing how his life became dedicated to an exploration of semiotics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM; CF; HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528340
ISBN
9780099528340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores the myths of mass culture. It deciphers the symbols and signs embedded deep in familiar aspects of modern life, unmasking the hidden ideologies and meanings which implicitly affect our thought and behaviour. Translator(s): Lavers, Annette. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529750
ISBN
9780099529750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Hardcover. Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. He considers what normative implications this social constructionism has for our understanding of our practices of representing human kinds, like race, gender, and sexual orientation, and for our own agency. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; JM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198755678
ISBN
9780198755678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.21

Paperback. Provides a general discussion of approaches to reasoning about knowledge and its applications to distributed systems, artificial intelligence, and game theory. Num Pages: 536 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
491
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st MIT Press Paperback Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262562003
ISBN
9780262562003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.44
€ 64.22

Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205376
ISBN
9780872205376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardcover. Provides an approach to meeting the challenges faced by philosophical hermeneutics in interpreting an ever-changing and multicultural world. The author shows that a crucial task of hermeneutical critique is to establish priorities among the contexts that may be brought to bear on the interpretation of history and culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226249315
ISBN
9780226249315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 78.78

Paperback. This volume asserts that many philosophical controversies really depend upon whether a particular language should be used. The author explores a "Principle of Tolerance", by which everyone is free to mix and match the rules of language. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Court
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812695243
ISBN
9780812695243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Number of pages
62
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999551
ISBN
9781906999551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880106238
ISBN
9780880106238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.96

Paperback. * Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends. * Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's On Certainty and shows that it is an essay on logic. * Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134248
ISBN
9781405134248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field Editor(s): Shafer-Landau, Russ. Series: Oxford Studies in Metaethics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198805083
ISBN
9780198805083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Hardback. Supposes that people are not usually act knowingly against their interests or other purposes. This title presents an economic account of what an individual can come to know and applies this account to many areas of ordinary life: political participation, religious beliefs, popular knowledge of science, liberalism, extremism, and moral beliefs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137551
ISBN
9780691137551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.69

Hardcover. Fabricating Origins builds on a series of posts that originally appeared, in earlier forms, at the blog for Culture on the Edge. In these posts each member of the group focused on the problem of origins, examining how we repeatedly conjure up an authorized past that suits the needs of the continually changing present. Editor(s): McCutcheon, Russell T. Series: Working with Culture on the Edge. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791745
ISBN
9781781791745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.06

Paperback. Fabricating Origins builds on a series of posts that originally appeared, in earlier forms, at the blog for Culture on the Edge. In these posts each member of the group focused on the problem of origins, examining how we repeatedly conjure up an authorized past that suits the needs of the continually changing present. Editor(s): McCutcheon, Russell T. Series: Working with Culture on the Edge. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791752
ISBN
9781781791752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.84

Hardcover. The Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711-1776) has often been regarded as a key Enlightenment thinker. This book offers a new interpretation for such diverse images and demonstrates the uniqueness of Hume as an Enlightenment thinker, illustrating how his 'spirit of scepticism' often leads him into seemingly paradoxical positions. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699803
ISBN
9780748699803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.23
€ 118.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478451
ISBN
9780801478451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

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