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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Hardback. The nature of truth is one of the central philosophical problems of all time. This work draws together contributions from analytic philosophers who approach the problem within the context established by the results of Alfred Tarski. It is devoted to a reconsideration of some of the classical ideas about truth. Editor(s): Peregrin, Jaroslav. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358657
- ISBN
- 9780792358657
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Condition: New
€ 132.21
€ 132.21
Hardback. Provides a multicultural anthology of women philosophers: Chinese, European, North and Central American. This title presents a history of women philosophers through selected works from the first century to the beginning of 20th century. It also provides unusual comprehensiveness in its bibliographies, biographies, and introductions to the works. Editor(s): Dykeman, Therese Boos. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1KBB; HPK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359562
- ISBN
- 9780792359562
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Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Features essays that disentangle us from the opposition between universalism and relativism in which so many of the debates in contemporary philosophy have been caught. This title shows that what is in fact returning in these discussions and maneuvering them into a pre-set course is the very ambiguity, 'the subject', which they seek to repress. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359852
- ISBN
- 9780792359852
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Condition: New
€ 257.75
€ 257.75
Hardback. Questions concerning truth have been perennial throughout the history of philosophy from the Ancient Greeks. Metaphysics asks: does truth relate to being? These questions are treated by question, objections to a positive answer, answer and thesis, and comments and reply to the objections. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362241
- ISBN
- 9780792362241
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Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
hardcover. Exposes serious flaws in the reductionist assumptions about Mind and Matter of Naturalism and Constructivism, which underlie research and theorizing on cognition, language and action within academic psychology. This book argues for alternative, radically different assumptions about the relationship between the mental and material reality. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362302
- ISBN
- 9780792362302
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Condition: New
€ 268.66
€ 268.66
Paperback. Aims to expose serious flaws in the reductionist assumptions about Mind and Matter of Naturalism and Constructivism, which underlie research and theorizing on cognition, language and action within current academic psychology. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362319
- ISBN
- 9780792362319
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Condition: New
€ 256.88
€ 256.88
Hardback. The notion of belief figures prominently in contemporary philosophy of language and mind and in cognitive science. This work features essays that address a range of issues concerning the complexity of our belief attitudes, their contents, and the influence of motivational factors on beliefs. Editor(s): Engel, Pascal. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362388
- ISBN
- 9780792362388
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Condition: New
€ 133.80
€ 133.80
Hardback. This text tackles one of the most difficult problems facing the Western theistic tradition: to show the consonance between eternal punishment and the goodness of God. The author develops an understanding of hell, combining historical breadth with detailed argumentation. Series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363644
- ISBN
- 9780792363644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.02
€ 132.02
Paperback. Contains essays that aim to disentangle us from the opposition between universalism and relativism in which so many of the debates in philosophy have found themselves caught. This volume shows, what is in fact returning in these discussions and manoeuvring them into a pre-set course is the very ambiguity which they seek to repress. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363972
- ISBN
- 9780792363972
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Condition: New
€ 255.05
€ 255.05
Hardback. Contains historical case studies, contributions, and applications to specific sciences. These papers illustrate the variety of functions of metaphors and analogies, as well as the many connections between the study of some of these functions and other subjects and disciplines. Editor(s): Hallyn, Fernand. Series: Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365600
- ISBN
- 9780792365600
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Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Hardback. Demonstrates, with reference to ongoing debates, how hermeneutical theory provides the ultimate philosophical justification for democratic practice and universal human rights. This book is useful to those concerned with the fate of the core values traditionally defended by philosophy. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368595
- ISBN
- 9780792368595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.41
€ 133.41
Hardback. Provides a moderately verificationist account of semantics and an explanation of the idea of conceptual schemes. This book argues that the approach developed can accommodate our commonsense realist intuitions and is also compatible with physicalism and naturalism. It is intended for philosophers at graduate student and advanced level. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368854
- ISBN
- 9780792368854
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Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. States that knowledge may be characterized by convergence to a correct hypothesis in the limit of empirical scientific inquiry. This book takes both professionals and students of philosophy, logic and computer science for a tour of the knowledge and convergence universe. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369295
- ISBN
- 9780792369295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.02
€ 202.02
Hardback. Features a comparison between holism in the philosophy and language and social holism on the one hand and holism about space-time and quantum systems on the other hand. This book claims that holism in the humanities and holism in fundamental physics come under the same substantial, general conception of holism. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370031
- ISBN
- 9780792370031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.32
€ 201.32
Hardcover. In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012258
- ISBN
- 9781137012258
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025517
- ISBN
- 9781137025517
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Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardcover. Treating David Hume as a partner in a continuing philosophical dialogue, this book tries to come to terms with Hume's influential thoughts on scepticism and naturalism in a way that sheds light on contemporary philosophy and its relationship to science. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025548
- ISBN
- 9781137025548
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Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. According to a long tradition, questions about the nature of knowledge are to be answered by analyzing it as a species of true belief. In light of the apparent failure of this approach, knowledge first philosophy takes knowledge as the starting point in epistemology. Knowledge First? offers the first overview of this approach. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026453
- ISBN
- 9781137026453
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Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardcover. Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant's theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant's philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264374
- ISBN
- 9781137264374
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Sustainable Knowledge rethinks the nature of interdisciplinary research and the place of philosophy and the humanities in society and offers a new account of what is at stake in talk about 'interdisciplinarity'. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPK; JNA; JNM; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303011
- ISBN
- 9781137303011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.62
€ 82.62