Philosophy: logic
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Philosophy: logic
Paperback. This book explains in down--to--earth language what analytical philosophy is, and presupposes no previous knowledge of the subject. Analytical philosophers aim at obtaining insight into the traditional topics of philosophy by logical, conceptual and linguistic analysis. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631169352
- ISBN
- 9780631169352
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€ 48.99€ 48.88
€ 48.99
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Hardback. In this book Stephen Makin offers a striking new account of some intriguing but neglected arguments -- indifference arguments -- and of the presocratic atomism underpinned by indifference reasoning. Series: Issues in Ancient Philosophy S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631178385
- ISBN
- 9780631178385
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€ 72.42
€ 72.42
Paperback. This third volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgensteina s Philosophical Investigations covers sections 243--427, which constitute the heart of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 245 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190646
- ISBN
- 9780631190646
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€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Hardback. Bertrand Russell coined the phrase "philosophical logic" to describe an approach to philosophical problems: find the correct logical form of the problematic sentences, and the problems vanish.This book explains both the theoretical underpinnings of the approach. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 750.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216780
- ISBN
- 9780631216780
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€ 162.71
€ 162.71
Hardback. This volume provides a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary readings in the philosophy of logic. Areas of coverage include classical logic; truth, propositions and meaning; quantifiers and quantificational theory; and validity, inference and entailment. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218678
- ISBN
- 9780631218678
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€ 162.79
€ 162.79
Paperback. This volume provides a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary readings in the philosophy of logic. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218685
- ISBN
- 9780631218685
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€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Hardback. * Presents a series of texts in which major twentieth--century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors. * Offers an innovative way into understanding modern critical thought. * Spans the period from Marx to the present day. * A conversation of ideas emerges between one generation and the next. Editor(s): Milne, Drew. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 848.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220589
- ISBN
- 9780631220589
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€ 146.69
€ 146.69
Paperback. An anthology that presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors. It offers a way into understanding modern critical thought. It covers the period from Marx onwards. Editor(s): Milne, Drew. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220596
- ISBN
- 9780631220596
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€ 55.07
€ 55.07
Hardcover. This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophya s mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in a coherent and comprehensive manner. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230175
- ISBN
- 9780631230175
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€ 140.44
€ 140.44
Paperback. This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophy's mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in a coherent and comprehensive manner. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230182
- ISBN
- 9780631230182
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€ 53.99€ 53.83
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Paperback. What does it mean for scientists to truly understand, rather than to merely describe, how the world works? This title proposes a novel theory of scientific explanation and understanding that overhauls and augments the familiar causal approach to explanation. Num Pages: 536 pages, 16 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 782.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062573
- ISBN
- 9780674062573
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€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
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Paperback. Contrary to those observers who attribute group violence to irrationality, primordial instinct, or complex psychology, this work uncovers a systematic exploitation of self-interest in the underpinnings of group identification and collective violence. It also uses examples from Mafia vendettas to ethnic violence in places such as Bosnia and Rwanda. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPL; JFFE; JMH; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048253
- ISBN
- 9780691048253
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€ 52.77€ 41.59
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Paperback. Shows that although Kant adopts his inventory of the forms of judgment from logic textbooks of his time, he is nevertheless original in selecting just those forms he holds to be indispensable to our ability to relate representations to objects. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074511
- ISBN
- 9780691074511
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€ 64.49€ 50.14
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Hardback. Draws out the therapeutic aspects of Wittgenstein's later work by examining his account of rule-following and how he applies the idea in the philosophy of mathematics. This book offers a corrective to the frequent misunderstanding that Wittgenstein's 'paradox of interpretation' is a paradox about meaning. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPL; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142531
- ISBN
- 9780691142531
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€ 58.63€ 45.72
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Paperback. In this wide--ranging work, now available in paperback, Habermas presents his views on the nature of the social sciences and their distinctive methodology and concerns. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPL; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608624
- ISBN
- 9780745608624
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€ 25.40
€ 25.40
Hardback. 1. Habermas is one of the worlda s leading social and political thinkers. 2. The first book to bring together Habermasa s key writings on religion. 3. Includes an original interview with Habermas, as well as an introduction written especially for the volume. Editor(s): Mendieta, Eduardo. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPL; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624860
- ISBN
- 9780745624860
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€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Hardback. * This is the next book in the Key Concepts in Philosophy series focusing on the core and difficult topic of paradoxes. * An accessible and entertaining introduction to the study of paradoxes, in which the author provides a detailed examination of a wide variety of paradoxes. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649436
- ISBN
- 9780745649436
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€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Hardback. Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652849
- ISBN
- 9780745652849
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€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Hardcover. In A Companion to David Lewis, Barry Loewer and Jonathan Schaffer bring together top philosophers to explain, discuss, and critically extend Lewis's seminal work in original ways. Editor(s): Loewer, Barry; Schaffer, Jonathan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1056.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118388181
- ISBN
- 9781118388181
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€ 210.16
€ 210.16
Paperback. This collection of newly comissioned essays by international contributors offers a representative overview of the most important developments in contemporary philosophical logic. Presents controversies in philosophical implications and applications of formal symbolic logic. Surveys major trends and offers original insights. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 832 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405145756
- ISBN
- 9781405145756
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€ 51.31
€ 51.31
Paperback. You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, aren't kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196642
- ISBN
- 9781405196642
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€ 27.85
€ 27.85
Hardback. You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, aren't kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196659
- ISBN
- 9781405196659
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€ 109.55
€ 109.55
Paperback. A method of introducing students to the language of first-order logic. It helps students learn the meanings of connectives and qualifiers and soon become fluent in the symbolic language at the core of modern logic. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575864846
- ISBN
- 9781575864846
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€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 236 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024631813
- ISBN
- 9788024631813
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.15
€ 19.99
€ 17.15