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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
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
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.12
€ 42.99
€ 36.12
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
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895314
- ISBN
- 9788772895314
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
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. 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
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Condition: New
€ 128.40
€ 128.40
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
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Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. Written with undergraduates in mind, this is an introduction to the main problems of philosophy structured around the philosophical argument of a sustained response to the challenge of scepticism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200413
- ISBN
- 9780631200413
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Condition: New
€ 47.43
€ 47.43
Paperback. In this historical introduction to philosophical hermeneutics, Jean Grondin discusses the major figures from Phyla to Habermas, analyzes conflicts among various interpretive schools, and provides a critique of Gadamer's view of hermeneutic history. Editor(s): Weinsheimer, Joel. Translator(s): Weinsheimer, Joel. Series: Yale Studies in Hermeneutics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFP; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Yale Studies in Hermeneutics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300070897
- ISBN
- 9780300070897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.82
€ 30.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. John McDowell has set the philosophical world alight with a revolutionary approach to the subject, illuminating old problems with dazzling particularity. In this welcome introduction to his work, Maximilian de Gaynesford puts writing within comfortable reach of non--specialists. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630373
- ISBN
- 9780745630373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. John Searle and His Critics proceeds from an analysis of the importance and influence of Searlea s seminal works to an overall assessment of Searlea s impact in the philosophy of language, of mind, of social explanation, and of reference and intentionality. Editor(s): LePore, Ernest; Gulick, Robert Van. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631187028
- ISBN
- 9780631187028
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Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780991511
- ISBN
- 9781780991511
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Hardcover. Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. It offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657669
- ISBN
- 9780470657669
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Condition: New
€ 125.30
€ 125.30
Paperback. Shows that although Kant adopts his inventory of the forms of judgment from logic textbooks of his time, he is nevertheless original in selecting just those forms he holds to be indispensable to our ability to relate representations to objects. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074511
- ISBN
- 9780691074511
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Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02
Paperback. Kant is a pivotal thinker in Adornoa s intellectual world. Yet although he wrote monographs on Hegel, Husserl and Kierkegaard, the closest he came to an extended discussion of Kant are two lecture courses, one concentrating on the Critique of Pure Reason and the other on the Critique of Practical Reason. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628455
- ISBN
- 9780745628455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Hardback. Kant is a pivotal thinker in Adornoa s intellectual world. Yet although he wrote monographs on Hegel, Husserl and Kierkegaard, the closest he came to an extended discussion of Kant are two lecture courses, one concentrating on the Critique of Pure Reason and the other on the Critique of Practical Reason. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621838
- ISBN
- 9780745621838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge. Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120418
- ISBN
- 9781405120418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Hardcover. This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge. Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120401
- ISBN
- 9781405120401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.89
€ 106.89
Hardback. Johannes Kepler contributed importantly to every field he addressed. This book offers the study of Kepler's philosophical views and shows how those views helped him construct and justify the astronomy. It explores the complex interplay between changes in his philosophical views and the status of his astronomical discoveries. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 tables, 26 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050690
- ISBN
- 9780691050690
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Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.22
€ 108.84
€ 83.22
Paperback. Develops a hermeneutics of trust that fully illustrates Kierkegaard's aim to evoke faith in his reader Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253008626
- ISBN
- 9780253008626
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12