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Hardback. This book offers an alternative way of taking up the American Philosophical tradition as a way of doing philosophy and a way of life. Douglas Anderson explores the relationship between American philosophy and other features of American culture, including where in that culture thinking that could be called "philosophical" is to be found. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225507
ISBN
9780823225507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.84

Paperback. This book offers an alternative way of taking up the American Philosophical tradition as a way of doing philosophy and a way of life. Douglas Anderson explores the relationship between American philosophy and other features of American culture, including where in that culture thinking that could be called "philosophical" is to be found. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780823225514
ISBN
9780823225514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. Ethical clarity is especially critical for the police professional - perhaps uniquely so - because the ethical point of view determines the way police competence is understood. This book promotes an ethic to live by for officers and other professionals, and applies various schools of ethical thought to practical examples in policing. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSW1; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781111544515
ISBN
9781111544515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.01

Paperback. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; HPCF; HPL; HPS; PBB; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306732
ISBN
9781349306732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221215
ISBN
9780230221215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black and white halftone, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195384611
ISBN
9780195384611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.49

Hardback. Use of argumentation methods applied to legal reasoning is a relatively new field of study. This book provides a survey of the leading problems, and outlines how future research using argumentation-based methods show great promise of leading to useful solutions. It also introduces various tools for analyzing these kinds of evidence. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540251873
ISBN
9783540251873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.01

Hardback. Offers a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation. This book is suitable for professionals and students in law, critical thinking, advertising, speech communication, informal logic, cognitive science, rhetoric, and media studies. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792365433
ISBN
9780792365433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.35

Hardback. Including the traditional fallacies of equivocation, amphiboly, accent, and figure of speech, this book deals with ambiguity in language, and the fallacies that arise from it. It includes some related fallacies that pose problems that are classified as fallacies of ambiguity, as their claim to this categorization is dubious or problematic. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792341000
ISBN
9780792341000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.32

hardcover. Examines the nature of evidence for character judgments, using a model of abductive reasoning called Inference To The Best Explanation. This book aims to expand this notion based on work with models of reasoning using argumentation theory and artificial intelligence. It shows how character judgments should be made based on sound reasoning. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
2006th Edition
SKU
V9781402049422
ISBN
9781402049422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.66

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313275968
ISBN
9780313275968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.62
€ 78.31

Paperback. This book proposes a theory of architectural failure; a radical way to approach memory and history in the city. Num Pages: 167 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
167
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780990224
ISBN
9781780990224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.34

Hardcover. Whatever happened to the last utopian thinkers of the city? Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMX; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781689752
ISBN
9781781689752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.53

Hardcover. Throughout history, the world and its operation have been viewed in terms of cause and effect. The principles of causation have been applied, fruitfully, across the sciences, law, and medicine, and in everyday life, despite the lack of any agreed-upon framework for understanding what causation ultimately amounts to. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745659954
ISBN
9780745659954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Paperback.

Throughout history, the world and its operation have been viewed in terms of cause and effect. The principles of causation have been applied, fruitfully, across the sciences, law, and medicine, and in everyday life, despite the lack of any agreed-upon framework for understanding what causation ultimately amounts to. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.

Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745659961
ISBN
9780745659961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.95

Hardback. Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, this book offers a different account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144740
ISBN
9780691144740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.04
€ 54.23

Paperback. Uses a historical approach to bring philosophy to life through lively narratives, engaging illustrations, and a student-friendly writing style. This textbook guides students through the lives and works of history's greatest philosophers, drawing from both canonical primary sources and the latest philosophical critiques. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781285874319
ISBN
9781285874319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 294.69

Hardcover. In a major new work from the author of Godel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, two leading scholars argue that analogy is the basis for all human thoughts. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465018475
ISBN
9780465018475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Douglas Hofstadter's critically acclaimed return to the themes of Godel, Escher, Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. Num Pages: 436 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556. 436 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? This title argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the 'strange loop' - a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 31. Weight: 550.
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465030798
ISBN
9780465030798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. * Up-to-date and beautfifully written, Properties is the most comprehensive introduction to this important area of metaphysics * Writing with verve and clarity, Edwards explains difficult philosophical concepts in a straightforward manner. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661759
ISBN
9780745661759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.18

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