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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Paperback. Presents an overview of debates about how to accommodate context sensitivity within a theory of human communication, investigating the effects of context on communicative interaction and, as a corollary, what a context of utterance is and what it is to be in one. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126755
- ISBN
- 9781405126755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Hardcover. Presents an overview of debates about how to accommodate context sensitivity within a theory of human communication, investigating the effects of context on communicative interaction and, as a corollary, what a context of utterance is and what it is to be in one. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126748
- ISBN
- 9781405126748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.40
€ 128.40
Paperback. Inference to the Best Explanation is an unrivalled exposition of a theory of particular interest to students both of epistemology and the philosophy of science. Series: International Library of Philosophy. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415242035
- ISBN
- 9780415242035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.14
€ 51.14
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895314
- ISBN
- 9788772895314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. A collection of lectures that examine such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge to show that romanticism and American transcendentalism represent a serious philosophical response to the challenge of skepticism that underlies the writings of Wittgenstein and Austin on ordinary language. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098180
- ISBN
- 9780226098180
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
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
€ 42.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058063
- ISBN
- 9789401058063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.72€ 34.75
€ 94.72
€ 34.75
Hardback. Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199828074
- ISBN
- 9780199828074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.61
€ 32.99
€ 23.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hodgkinson, Tom. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694. Utopia Issue. 320 pages, 20 line illustrations. Editor(s): Hodgkinson, Tom. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 25. Weight: 684.
- Publisher
- Central Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954845636
- ISBN
- 9780954845636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. * Outstanding contributors including both long--established and younger writers * Specially--commissioned essays* Wide ranging discussions stemming from the work of David Wiggins and his contribution to philosophy* Contains Wigginsa replies to each of the papers thus offering a guide to his present thinking. . Editor(s): Lovibond, Sabina; Williams, S. G. Series: Aristotelian Society Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220688
- ISBN
- 9780631220688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62
Paperback. Leading philosopher's guide to the ideas that will shape the 21st century. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826188
- ISBN
- 9780753826188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521398381
- ISBN
- 9780521398381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.77
€ 41.99
€ 39.77
Paperback. Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the reception and influence of this philosophical work. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. A Reader's Guide. Series: Reader's Guides. 172 pages, black & white illustrations. Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the reception and influence of this philosophical work. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826485090
- ISBN
- 9780826485090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.06
€ 35.99
€ 35.06
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
€ 124.33€ 118.95
€ 124.33
€ 118.95
Paperback. How do we know what we 'know'? How did we - as individuals and as a society - come to accept certain knowledge as fact? This title questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. It investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415474443
- ISBN
- 9780415474443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.18
€ 23.99
€ 22.18
Paperback. A clearly-written, brief introduction to philosophic thinking that guides the reader through an exploration of sense perception, ordinary knowing, scientific knowing, and philosophic knowing. This philosophic journey culminates in a justification of philosophy itself as a genuine form of knowing and thus is a natural prelude to metaphysics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268028794
- ISBN
- 9780268028794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
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
€ 65.13€ 50.79
€ 65.13
€ 50.79
Paperback. aeo A witty, controversial and partisan book on a subject of central importance to philosophers, psychologists, linguists and cognitive scientists. aeo It covers all the main positions held by key people in the field. aeo Fodor is probably the most influential figure in current cognitive science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631181934
- ISBN
- 9780631181934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Paperback. Investigates the antinomy between history and truth, or between historicity and meaning. This book argues that history has meaning insofar as it approaches universality and system, but has no meaning insofar as this universality violates the singularity of individuals' lives. Translator(s): Kelbley, Charles A. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810124004
- ISBN
- 9780810124004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73