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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Paperback. Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. This book analyzes the term, and the behavior, in detail. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones, 7 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288. 200 pages, 3 halftones, 7 line drawings, 6 tables. Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. This book analyzes the term, and the behavior, in detail. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight: 284.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004211
ISBN
9780226004211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
177
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628088298
ISBN
9781628088298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.27
€ 129.43

Paperback. A novel development of the "new theory of reference" that focuses on a formal semantics for anaphora and philosophical problems of reference and existence. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
A Bradford Book
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0009475
ISBN
9780262524377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415821339
ISBN
9780415821339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.23

Paperback. Four people with radically different views meet on a train and talk about what they believe. Each starts off convinced that he or she is right; then doubts creep in. Timothy Williamson uses a fictional conversation to explore the philosophical debate over whether one point of view can be right and the other wrong. He invites the reader to decide. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198777175
ISBN
9780198777175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. Which objects and properties are represented in perceptual experience, and how are we able to determine this? The papers in this collection address these questions together with other fundamental questions about the nature of perceptual content. Editor(s): Hawley, Katherine; Macpherson, Fiona. Series: Philosophical Quarterly Special Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333350
ISBN
9781444333350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629902
ISBN
9780691629902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 85.82

Paperback. What survives of Socrates' philosophical thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations - most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. These dialogues contain some of the most fascinating and well-known arguments in Western philosophy. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew. Translator(s): Woods, Cathal; Pack, Ryan. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; HPCA; HPK; HPL; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812585
ISBN
9781554812585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985022
ISBN
9780141985022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardback. A Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays from leading international scholars that provide a definitive historical and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118529638
ISBN
9781118529638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 216.02

Paperback. This volume includes seventeen articles on the central topics of epistemology, including scepticism, realism, rationality, moral epistemology and social epistemology. Each essay incorporates background material to clarify the history and logic of the topic. In the BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO PHILOSOPHY series. Editor(s): Greco, John; Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202912
ISBN
9780631202912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 44.66

Hardcover. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Editor(s): Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231417
ISBN
9780631231417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.26

Paperback. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Editor(s): Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231424
ISBN
9780631231424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. Drawing on esoteric, spritual and philosophical thought, this book considers the all-important question -- why are we here? -- and offers a counter-argument to the current nihilsm prevalent in our world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Floris Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782500025
ISBN
9781782500025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691605821
ISBN
9780691605821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke An Essay concerning Human Understanding Editor(s): Nidditch, Peter H. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke. Num Pages: 784 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 41. Weight in Grams: 962.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198245957
ISBN
9780198245957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.57

Paperback. Presents a treatise that looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140235906
ISBN
9780140235906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work, by one of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished voices, pursues recognition through its various philosophical guises and meanings. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Series: Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025646
ISBN
9780674025646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037345443
ISBN
9783037345443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.59

Paperback. This work is Maritain's masterpiece. Published as "Distinguer pour unir, ou Les degres du savoir" in 1932, the book proposes a hierarchy of forms of knowledge that culminates in mystical experience and that wisdom which is a gift of the Holy Ghost. His inspiration is St Thomas Aquinas. Editor(s): McInerny, Ralph. Series: Collected Works of Jacques Maritain. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008864
ISBN
9780268008864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 38.60

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