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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Hardcover. Engaging several recent and important discussions in the mainstream epistemological literature surrounding 'pragmatic encroachment', the volume asks, amongst others, the question: Do the high stakes involved in accepting or rejecting belief in God raise the standards for knowledge that God exists? Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009401
- ISBN
- 9781137009401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. This is a collection of papers on action theory, very broadly conceived. It contains cutting-edge work by some of the most important contributors in the field. . Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118545324
- ISBN
- 9781118545324
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Condition: New
€ 62.75
€ 62.75
Paperback. This volume asserts that many philosophical controversies really depend upon whether a particular language should be used. The author explores a "Principle of Tolerance", by which everyone is free to mix and match the rules of language. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695243
- ISBN
- 9780812695243
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. Translating from Sanskrit some contemporary Indian Pandits' reactions to Western analytic accounts of meaning and knowledge, this title is suitable for advanced undergraduates in philosophy, for researchers - in Australia, Asia, Europe or America - on epistemology, theory of meaning, and, Indian or comparative philosophy. Editor(s): Matilal, Bimal Krishna; Chakrabarti, Arindam. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323457
- ISBN
- 9780792323457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.03
€ 257.03
A collection of classic and contemporary philosophical reflections on the nature of truth. It features four sections on the important theories of truth - correspondence, pragmatist, coherence, and deflationary theories. It covers the correspondence theory and deflationism. Editor(s): Schmitt, Frederick F. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222163
- ISBN
- 9780631222163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.61
€ 158.61
Hardback. Arguing for the centrality of normative theory in the study of international relations, this study develops two themes, each reflecting opposing pairs: fact/value, is/ought, description/prescription, and feasibility/desirability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689066
- ISBN
- 9780333689066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardback. Areas covered in this text include: tense and tenselessness; periods and instants; the measurement of time; and time, change and causation. The author attempts to show how considerations in the philosophy of logic and language are needed to settle many of the issues here. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333645505
- ISBN
- 9780333645505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardcover. This title examines Deleuze's philosophical assessment of Spinoza and appraises his arguments concerning the absolute, the philosophy of mind, epistemology and moral and political philosophy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634677
- ISBN
- 9780333634677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Gale, R. BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 190 x 120. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333037614
- ISBN
- 9780333037614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. Offers an inquiry about the foundations of knowledge of a scientific discipline. This book warns scientific disciplines that neglecting epistemological issues threatens the viability of their pronouncements and designs. It shows that the processes by which complex artefacts are created require a pluralistic approach to artefact design. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306474583
- ISBN
- 9780306474583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.57
€ 256.57
"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151566
- ISBN
- 9780231151566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.05
€ 85.05
Explores the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. This book introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events. It explores the legitimacy of historical laws. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138222
- ISBN
- 9780231138222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.62
€ 136.62
Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133500
- ISBN
- 9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.97
€ 84.97
Paperback. The Logic of Sense begins with an extended exegesis of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, Deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the 'place' where sense and nonsense collide. Editor(s): Boundas, Constantin V. Translator(s): Lester, Mark; Stivale, Charles J. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059831
- ISBN
- 9780231059831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.19
€ 29.99
€ 27.19
Hardcover. Shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of moral and epistemic evaluation, as well as our practice of making judgments regarding free will and moral responsibility. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576964
- ISBN
- 9780230576964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. The relation between common-sense belief and scientific theory is debated in contemporary philosophy. This book offers a defense of ordinary belief and outlines its contents on the nature of reality, the soundness of ordinary language, and the existence of the mind and its relation to the body. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576940
- ISBN
- 9780230576940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
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. Epistemology has become one of the fastest moving disciplines in philosophy, as different answers are developed to classical problems, and logic, probability theory and computability are used for applications outside traditional epistemology. In this volume, up-and-coming scholars explore current trends and discuss prospects for future development. Editor(s): Pritchard, Duncan; Hendricks, Vincent. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537880
- ISBN
- 9780230537880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. Scientific concepts, laws, theories and models are representations but are uniquely different. This book explores each within an original, philosophical framework rooted in the Kantian tradition. Through a revisionist historical approach, it shows how this tradition helps us rethink contemporary issues in epistemology and the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522084
- ISBN
- 9780230522084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book argues that it is not obvious what we means by saying our beliefs and assertions are 'truth-directed'. Do we weaken our notion of a belief if we deal with radical scepticism without surrendering to idealism? This book defends a radically new 'ecological' model of knowledge, examining what might happen if we abandoned genuine belief. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506831
- ISBN
- 9780230506831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95