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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Paperback. If social, political, and material transformation is to have a lasting impact on individuals and society, it must be integrated within ordinary experience. This book examines the ways in which individuals' bodies, habits, environments, and abilities function as horizons that underpin their understandings of the ordinary. Editor(s): Weiss, Gail. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219893
ISBN
9780253219893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674843813
ISBN
9780674843813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.08

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. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474811
ISBN
9780801474811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7, 6 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700163
ISBN
9781501700163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.41

hardcover. This book explores how theories of experience reflect the tension between our understanding of ourselves as language-users who produce culture and our understanding of ourselves as information-processing animals who respond to stimuli. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776141
ISBN
9780804776141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.67

Paperback. Awareness of mortality is the price of intelligent consciousness. This book argues that a person is essentially an immaterial subject of conscious states who, though intimately linked by causal ties to the body, is nevertheless distinct from it. It discusses cases of near-death experiences, reincarnation experiences and mediumship phenomena. Num Pages: 244 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK; VXPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786434879
ISBN
9780786434879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.91

hardcover. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022899
ISBN
9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.18

paperback. This collection of essays examine the of norms and social practices in epistemology and in moral and social philosophy. The contributors examine the issue across a range of subjects, including logic, education, foundations of morality, philosophy of law, and the pragmatic character of reason. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218196
ISBN
9780823218196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. Barry Dainton presents a fascinating new account of the self, grounded in the continuity we find in our streams of consciousness: this is the key to explaining how we can undergo changes but remain the same person. He has original things to say about personal identity, the conditions of our existence and survival, and our relation to our bodies. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK; HPM; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199692248
ISBN
9780199692248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Paperback. This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199992928
ISBN
9780199992928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.99

paperback. This text examines what the concept of truth has come to mean in the philosophical tradition, what is wrong with many of the ways of conceiving truth and why philosophers refuse to confront squarely the question of the value of truth. Coverage spans from the pre-Socratics to the 1990s. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674910911
ISBN
9780674910911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.86

paperback. This basic introduction to the philosophical inquiry into the fundamental questions of human knowing features a range of carefully designed study questions. Num Pages: 180 pages, appendices, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823214860
ISBN
9780823214860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

paperback. Gives a concise summary of the Enlightenment period, demonstrating how and why Rationalism and Empiricism came about, and challenges the reader not to simply note the points of disparity between the two schools, but to notice the similarities of their common assumptions - both substantive and methodological. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823214921
ISBN
9780823214921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199243150
ISBN
9780199243150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.33

paperback. "Conquest of Abundance" was prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at the author's death, working notes, lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress. It offers up exploration and insights with the charm, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks. Editor(s): Terpstra, Bert. Num Pages: 290 pages, 15 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226245348
ISBN
9780226245348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.65

hardcover. What is knowledge? What is the value of knowledge? What can we know? This examines the subject in an unorthodox manner whilst covering the fundamentals of the theory of knowledge. It includes classic and contemporary pieces from philosophers ranging from Descartes, Russell to Richard Feldman, Edward Craig, Gilbert Harman and Roderick Chisholm. Editor(s): Pritchard, Duncan; Neta, Ram. Series: Arguing About Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415448383
ISBN
9780415448383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227680049
ISBN
9780227680049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.09

A collection of classic and contemporary philosophical reflections on the nature of truth. It features four sections on the important theories of truth - correspondence, pragmatist, coherence, and deflationary theories. It covers the correspondence theory and deflationism. Editor(s): Schmitt, Frederick F. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222163
ISBN
9780631222163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.23

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. This is a collection of papers on action theory, very broadly conceived. It contains cutting-edge work by some of the most important contributors in the field. . Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118545324
ISBN
9781118545324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.29

Even admirers of Wittgenstein's work have been puzzled by his last work, "On Certainty". In this book, Rush Rhees shows how Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105798
ISBN
9781405105798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.92

Paperback. Papers by leading figures on metaphysical issues pertaining to epistemology. Topics treated include the metaphysics of perception and of experience, disjunctivism, content externalism, epistemic abilities, the lottery paradox, the epistemology of consciousness, the metaphysics of knowledge as a state, and the ontology of reasons. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405182249
ISBN
9781405182249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. This work offers a study on the problematic of a scientific knowledge of the sensible reality in the Enneads. In so doing, it presents a radical new perspective on the philosophy of Plotinus and engages in an intense, detailed, and critical rereading of Plotinus and his commentators. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910697
ISBN
9781575910697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

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