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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Hardback. Suppose that a congenitally blind person has learned to distinguish and name a sphere and a cube by touch. Imagine that this person recovers the faculty of sight. Will he be able to distinguish both objects by sight and to say which is the sphere and which the cube? This book provides a survey of the history of the discussion about this problem. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339342
- ISBN
- 9780792339342
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€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. Deals with the development of thinking under different cultural conditions, focusing on the evolution of mathematical thinking in the history of science and education. This book provides a conceptual framework for describing and explaining the development of cognition by reflective abstractions from systems of actions. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338161
- ISBN
- 9780792338161
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€ 202.57
€ 202.57
Hardback. In relation to the problems faced, in contemplation and in practical affairs, philosophers must confront the question 'What is knowledge?'. This work deals with problems of knowing and believing, of the kinds and criteria of knowledge, of truth and fallibility, and of the cultural as well as individual factors in cognition. Editor(s): Kucuradi, Ioanna; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332411
- ISBN
- 9780792332411
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€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. Rescher offers an explanation of the presuppositions and methods of rational enquiry, and an exercise in metaknowledge, developing a systematic body of knowledge about the scope and limits of knowledge itself. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331483
- ISBN
- 9780792331483
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€ 188.09
€ 188.09
Hardback. This text is an outcome of two conferences held in Poland in 1987 and 1990. Both conferences dealt with the problem of rationality. It presents a comprehensive current account of the manifold approaches to the problem of rationality and related issues. Editor(s): Misiek, Jozef. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329251
- ISBN
- 9780792329251
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€ 195.16
€ 195.16
Hardback. Studies the theory of knowledge and asserts that all such work is based on the false assumption that what makes knowledge possible is in itself knowable in some way. This book says that it is necessary to seek the basis of the possibility of knowledge on entirely different levels. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329091
- ISBN
- 9780792329091
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€ 132.86
€ 132.86
Hardback. Presents 26 papers by some of the leading philosophers, demonstrating the cosmopolitan variety of approach to Peirce's epistemology. This book groups the contributions under three general headings: Knowledge, truth and the pragmatic principle; Peirce and the epistemological tradition; and Knowledge, language and semeiotic. Editor(s): Debrock, G.; Hulswit, Menno. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328988
- ISBN
- 9780792328988
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€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Metaphor is one of the most frequently evoked and also a poorly understood concept in philosophy and literary theory. Over the years, several interesting approaches to metaphor have been presented or outlined. The authors of some of the most important approaches re-present their views or illustrate them by means of applications. Editor(s): Hintikka, Jaakko. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327868
- ISBN
- 9780792327868
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€ 199.42
€ 199.42
Hardback. Discusses the Kantian theory of scientific knowledge from the perspective of analytical philosophy and philosophy of empirical and mathematical sciences. This book is intended for research workers, specialists and scholars in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. Editor(s): Parrini, Paolo. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1650.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326816
- ISBN
- 9780792326816
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Condition: New
€ 257.36
€ 257.36
Hardback. Explains our common-sense understanding of perception and defends a representative theory of perception as an alternative form of understanding more in accord with the results of science. This book argues against color realism and defends the view that nothing has color. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325864
- ISBN
- 9780792325864
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€ 130.94
€ 130.94
Hardback. Provides an introduction to theoretical issues that occupy a central position in disciplines ranging from philosophy of mind and epistemology to cognitive science, decision theory and artificial intelligence. This book includes contributions that shed light on the standard conceptions of probability. Editor(s): Dubucs, Jacques-Paul. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323853
- ISBN
- 9780792323853
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€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. A collection of papers from a conference held in honor of one of the world's authorities on Kant: William H. Werkmeister. This book presents interpretations of the development of Kant's thought up to and beyond the three critiques. Editor(s): Dancy, R. M. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322443
- ISBN
- 9780792322443
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€ 131.87
€ 131.87
Hardback. The major ontology of the human community reconstructs being-together as a system of interactions and transactions subject to the rules of economic rationality and, as a consequence, the community as source and target of finite strategical games. This book emphasizes on infinite games in conversation, and the musicality of voices. Translator(s): Rennie, Stuart. Series: Library of Rhetorics. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321989
- ISBN
- 9780792321989
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Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792309048
- ISBN
- 9780792309048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardback. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792307075
- ISBN
- 9780792307075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.22
€ 199.22
Hardback. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792306962
- ISBN
- 9780792306962
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Condition: New
€ 209.67
€ 209.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Roth, Michael D.; Ross, Glen. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792305767
- ISBN
- 9780792305767
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Condition: New
€ 132.26
€ 132.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Perrett, Roy W. Series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792304371
- ISBN
- 9780792304371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09
Hardback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792303909
- ISBN
- 9780792303909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. Editor(s): Bender, John W. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792302209
- ISBN
- 9780792302209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.14
€ 200.14