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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Paperback. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023131
ISBN
9780253023131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004122
ISBN
9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores the myths of mass culture. It deciphers the symbols and signs embedded deep in familiar aspects of modern life, unmasking the hidden ideologies and meanings which implicitly affect our thought and behaviour. Translator(s): Lavers, Annette. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529750
ISBN
9780099529750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. This book contains the systematic results of the authors work with the methods of Goethe and Steiner (whom he knew personally). In this unique study, Lehrs addresses himself to anyonewith or without a specialized scientific trainingconcerned with developing the human power of cognition in the present time. Editor(s): Thomas, Nick; Bortoft, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 219 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855843899
ISBN
9781855843899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars, this title challenges the assumption that skepticism, rather than established belief, lies at the heart of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226672984
ISBN
9780226672984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked in meaning-making? In this experiment in visual thinking, drawn in comics, Nick Sousanis defies conventional discourse to offer readers a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXZ; HPK; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674744431
ISBN
9780674744431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.57

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602240
ISBN
9780691602240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Offers an account of Plato's epistemology. This title places Plato's preoccupation in historical perspective, without belittling the intrinsic difficulties of the problems he tackled. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915144228
ISBN
9780915144228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939578099
ISBN
9781939578099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.31

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction to hermeneutics demonstrates the central role of interpretation in our daily lives. By considering the historic developments in hermeneutic theory as well as its contemporary relevance, Zimmermann explains how humans continue to draw knowledge from the world around them. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199685356
ISBN
9780199685356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Martin Smith explores the question of what it takes for a belief to be justified or rational. He argues that in order to have justification for believing a proposition, one's evidence must normically support it-roughly, one's evidence must make the falsity of that proposition abnormal in the sense of calling for special, independent explanation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198755333
ISBN
9780198755333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.03

Paperback. Explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has become commonplace. The author argues that our transportation technologies are not merely transient phenomena but the vehicle for an important metaphor about post modernism, or even constitutive of post modernism. Series: Philosophy in Transit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846146008
ISBN
9781846146008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback.

This is a new book from two of the world?s leading social thinkers

The book is a wide-ranging analysis of the way in which social practices shape our sense of selfhood in the modern world The authors argue that the world in which we live today is one of uncertainty where nothing can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.

Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690179
ISBN
9780745690179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Critical Introductions to Contemporary Epistemology. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441140531
ISBN
9781441140531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.85

Paperback. This superb new translation of Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil, offers the most comprehensively annotated text, complemented by a lucid introduction by one of the most eminent of Nietzsche scholars, Robert C. Holub. Editor(s): Faber, Marion. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537075
ISBN
9780199537075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473326
ISBN
9780801473326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. Presents a compilation of lectures the author delivered in the US which questions the very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. This title investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge and questions the means in which we have come to understand our physical world. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415473774
ISBN
9780415473774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801495441
ISBN
9780801495441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.90

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 118 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529846
ISBN
9780262529846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.55

Hardcover. We differ from things without minds in two main ways. First, we are conscious: we instantiate phenomenal properties. Second, we represent our world as being certain ways: we instantiate representational properties. Jeff Speaks explores the nature of phenomenal properties and of representational properties, and the relationship between them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198732556
ISBN
9780198732556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.90

Hardcover. This volume presents new essays exploring important aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy in connection with two major themes: mind and nature. A team of leading experts address questions including: What is Nietzsche's conception of mind? How does mind relate with the (rest of) nature? And what is Nietzsche's conception of nature? Editor(s): Dries, Manuel; Kail, P. J. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198722236
ISBN
9780198722236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Sachs, Joe. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101016
ISBN
9781585101016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.42

Paperback.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253204967
ISBN
9780253204967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, history of philosophy, and philosophy of science. Thirty-seven specially written chapters by some of the world's leading philosophers provide the most comprehensive critical guide available to issues surrounding causation. Editor(s): Beebee, Helen; Hitchcock, Christopher; Menzies, Peter. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 806 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1410.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
806
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642588
ISBN
9780199642588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.72

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