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Hardback. Constructivism and Practice advances the understanding of the role of construction and model creation and reflects on the relationship of these models to social practices. Editor(s): Gould, Carol C. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512641
- ISBN
- 9780742512641
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Condition: New
€ 190.49
€ 190.49
Paperback. Constructivism and Practice advances the understanding of the role of construction and model creation and reflects on the relationship of these models to social practices. Editor(s): Gould, Carol C. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512658
- ISBN
- 9780742512658
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Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41
This volume presents twelve original papers on the idea that moral objectivity is to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all can accept. The contributors offer new perspectives, some sympathetic and some critical, on constructivist understandings - Kantian or otherwise - of morality and reason. Editor(s): Lenman, James; Shemmer, Yonatan. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199609833
- ISBN
- 9780199609833
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Condition: New
€ 157.26
€ 157.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Gemzoe, Lena; Keinanen, Marja-Liisa; Maddrell, Avril. Num Pages: 364 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319425979
- ISBN
- 9783319425979
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Condition: New
€ 150.83
€ 150.83
Paperback. Responding to growing interest in the Kantian tradition and in issues concerning space and time, this volume offers an insightful and original contribution to the literature by bringing together analytical and phenomenological approaches in a productive exchange on topical issues such as action, perception, the body, and cognition and its limits. Editor(s): Baiasu, R; Bird, G; Moore, A. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329960
- ISBN
- 9781349329960
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Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. This text introduces students to the central arguments that motivate contemporary work in the philosophy of thought and language, and offers a continuous engagement with the core epistemological, metaphysical and methodological issues that have shaped and been shaped by work in the field. Series: Contemporary Philosophy S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190776
- ISBN
- 9780631190776
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Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. The author argues that a major apparent dilemma between idealism and skepticism is avoidable, and that realism is defensible, using ideas from both analytical and continental philosophers to bring these two approaches together in an effective way. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686254
- ISBN
- 9780847686254
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Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardback. Contextualism has become one of the leading paradigms in contemporary epistemology. This comprehensive anthology collects twenty essays and commentaries on different aspects of contextualism. It contains papers that explore, inter alia, the central problems and prospects of semantic contextualism and its main alternative approaches. Editor(s): Brendel, Elke; Jager, Christoph. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402031816
- ISBN
- 9781402031816
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Condition: New
€ 135.00
€ 135.00
paperback. Editor(s): Brendel, Elke; Jager, Christoph. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048168132
- ISBN
- 9789048168132
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Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Hardback. In Contingency, Time and Possibility, Pascal Massie explores the inquiries of Aristotle and Duns Scotus into contingency and possibility, as well as the complex and fascinating questions they raise. Massie shows how Aristotle and Duns Scotus's ideas about contingency continue to influence how we think about the nature of being. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739149294
- ISBN
- 9780739149294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.82
€ 172.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113800
- ISBN
- 9780230113800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics: Essays in Honour of Heinz P...
. Ed(S): French, S.; Kamminga, Harmke
paperback. Editor(s): French, S.; Kamminga, Harmke. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048142293
- ISBN
- 9789048142293
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Condition: New
€ 250.39
€ 250.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580. Intimations of a New World View. 592 pages, black & white illustrations throughout. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight: 600.
- Publisher
- Plume
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452288591
- ISBN
- 9780452288591
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.31
€ 24.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental questions in contemporary analytic metaphysics: Could there have been nothing at all? No physical universe, no people, no living beings, no planets, no atoms, no matter, no energy - nothing? Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364763
- ISBN
- 9781349364763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardcover. The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental questions in contemporary analytic metaphysics: Could there have been nothing at all? No physical universe, no people, no living beings, no planets, no atoms, no matter, no energy - nothing? Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573635
- ISBN
- 9780230573635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339068
- ISBN
- 9781349339068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308459
- ISBN
- 9780230308459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. Rejecting the distinction Levinas asserted between Judaism and philosophy, this book reads his philosophical works, Totality and Infinity and Otherwise than Being through the prism of Judaic texts and ideas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768696
- ISBN
- 9780804768696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.81
€ 168.81
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Howard E Gruber, who is noted for his contributions both to the psychology of creativity and to the history of science. This book includes papers from a range of topics. It presents a comprehensive contribution to our understanding of the creative process. Editor(s): Gruber, H. E.; Bodeker, Katja. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402034916
- ISBN
- 9781402034916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 293.10
€ 293.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Gruber, H. E.; Bodeker, Katja. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048168842
- ISBN
- 9789048168842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 285.36
€ 285.36