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Philosophy
Hardback. Offers a variety of explorations on the nature of the human person as related to health care, medicine, and mental health. This book collects different viewpoints about the intriguing puzzle that is the concept of person, human dignity, and the place human beings hold in the goals of healing and the social structures of medical delivery. Editor(s): Thomasma, David C.; Weisstub, David N.; Herve, Christian. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1840.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000980
- ISBN
- 9781402000980
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Condition: New
€ 236.44
€ 236.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Klein, Ursula. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001000
- ISBN
- 9781402001000
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€ 132.94
€ 132.94
Collected Papers of Stig Kanger with Essays on His Life and Work
. Ed(S): Holmstrom-Hintikka, Ghita; Lindstrom...
Hardback. Stig Kanger (1924-1988) made important contributions to logic and formal philosophy. Kanger's most original achievements were in the areas of general proof theory, the semantics of modal and deontic logic, and the logical analysis of the concept of rights. This title contains critical essays on the various aspects of Kanger's work. Editor(s): Holmstrom-Hintikka, Ghita; Lindstrom, Sten; Sliwinski, Rysiek (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden). Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001116
- ISBN
- 9781402001116
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€ 133.22
€ 133.22
Hardback. Contains papers by well-known scholars, most of whom have been directly influenced by Alonzo Church's own work. This work emphasises on foundational issues in logic, mathematics, computation, and philosophy. It is of interest to logicians, computer scientists, philosophers, and linguists. Editor(s): Andersen, C.Anthony; Zeleny, Michael. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 627 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1094.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001413
- ISBN
- 9781402001413
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Condition: New
€ 198.31
€ 198.31
Hardback. Looks from a philosophical perspective, at the role economic theory plays in ecological policy. This book starts from fundamental questions concerning the nature of the problem of sustainability, of politics, and of economic science. It is of interest to environmentalists, environmental economists, and policy people. Editor(s): Deblonde, Marian. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001659
- ISBN
- 9781402001659
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€ 132.22
€ 132.22
Hardback. Shows, from a philosophical perspective, what it is to be mentally healthy. This book aims to analyze, philosophically, the notion of 'positive mental health'. It also raises some important methodological questions. It is useful to professionals within the health care sector, in particular to psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001796
- ISBN
- 9781402001796
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Condition: New
€ 131.51
€ 131.51
Paperback. Features essays that demonstrate that because phenomenology provides extraordinary insights into many of the issues that are directly addressed within the world of medicine. This title is suitable for those who are interested in the philosophy of medicine, healthcare professionals who are actively engaged in the care of the sick. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 497 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002007
- ISBN
- 9781402002007
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Condition: New
€ 289.97
€ 289.97
Hardback. A collection of papers on Free Logic which cover a range of topics that show that Free Logic is applied not only in traditional philosophical areas, but also in various contexts of formal logic as well as in the discussion of theoretical aspects of programming. This book is useful to philosophers and logicians, computer scientists and researchers. Editor(s): Morscher, Edgar; Hieke, Alexander. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002168
- ISBN
- 9781402002168
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Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Hardback. Contains major contributions on Intuitionistic Logic, Free Logics and Partial Logic. This volume is aimed at students and researchers whose work or interests involve philosophical logic and its applications. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz. Series: Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002359
- ISBN
- 9781402002359
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€ 195.95
€ 195.95
paperback. From his critique of psychologism, through the transcendental theory of meaning of The Idea of Phenomenology, Ideas I and Cartesian Meditations, to the theory of time consciousness and its consequences, this is a study is Husserl's theory of meaning. It explores the tension in his thought between the 'Cartesian' and the 'Hermeneutical' strategies. Translator(s): Czerniawski, Adam. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002489
- ISBN
- 9781402002489
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Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. What is bioethics? What are its goals and theoretical assumptions? Is it a unique discipline? Must medical ethics be grounded in clinical experience? How can ethical inquiry inform medicine's theory and practice? This work presents a philosophical exploration of the history, nature, scope and foundations of bioethics. Editor(s): Grodin, Michael A. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002526
- ISBN
- 9781402002526
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Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Paperback. Translator(s): Klein, Ted. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002564
- ISBN
- 9781402002564
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Condition: New
€ 315.93
€ 315.93
Paperback. "Kant's Critique of Judgment" accounts for the sharing of a common world, experienced affectively, by a diverse human plurality. Focusing on the important but neglected idea of a sensus communis, which gives the indeterminate criterion for judgments regarding appearance, this work takes a fresh approach to themes at the heart of Kant's aesthetics. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002588
- ISBN
- 9781402002588
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Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. Examines Hume's ideas about human reason and intends to clarify Hume's notion of sympathy. This title explains how certain trivial tendencies of imagination are responsible for the unreasonable judgment of fact and the partial judgment of merit. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002618
- ISBN
- 9781402002618
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Provides an introduction to the eight prominent verisimilitude proposals that make up the verisimilitude literature after the breakdown of Popper's definition in 1974. This book brings them together by comparing the ways in which they order propositional formulae. Editor(s): Zwart, Sjoerd D. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 555.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002687
- ISBN
- 9781402002687
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Condition: New
€ 132.89
€ 132.89
Hardback. Series: Husserliana materialienbande. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402004049
- ISBN
- 9781402004049
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Condition: New
€ 176.92
€ 176.92
Hardback. Explores the relationship between two of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century: Edmund Husserl, the father of modern phenomenology, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considered by many to be his greatest philosophical heir. This work offers insights into Merleau-Ponty's reading of Husserl. Editor(s): Toadvine, Ted; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402004698
- ISBN
- 9781402004698
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€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. An investigation that offers an impetus for various conceptions of person hood and human health. It works through the challenges which any definition of health faces, if it is to be both truly personalist, and at the same time operational. Editor(s): Taboada, Paulina; Cuddeback, Kateryna Fedoryka; Donohue-White, Patricia. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005039
- ISBN
- 9781402005039
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Condition: New
€ 132.77
€ 132.77
Hardback. Addresses the issues surrounding the problem of whether death can be a harm to the person who dies. This book explores various alternative approaches to the issues surrounding Epicurus' notorious argument and provides a defence of the intuitively plausible conclusion that death can indeed be a harm to the person who dies. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005053
- ISBN
- 9781402005053
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Condition: New
€ 198.02
€ 198.02
Hardback. Contains contributions on Relevance Logic, Quantum Logics, Combinators, Proofs and Implicational Logics and Paraconsistent Logic. This work is intended for students and researchers whose work or interests involve philosophical logic and its applications. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz. Series: Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Num Pages: 406 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005831
- ISBN
- 9781402005831
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Condition: New
€ 229.58
€ 229.58
Hardback. Contains major contributions on Basic Tense Logic, Advanced Tense Logic, Combinations of Tense and Modality, Philosophical Perspectives on Quantification in Tense and Modal Logic as well as Tense and Time. This work is intended for students and researchers whose work or interests involve philosophical logic and its applications. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz. Series: Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005992
- ISBN
- 9781402005992
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Condition: New
€ 195.83
€ 195.83
Hardback. Godel's modal ontological argument is the centerpiece of an extensive examination of intensional logic. This title presents classical type theory, introduces tableau rules for it and gives the proof of Prawitz/Takahashi. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 461.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006043
- ISBN
- 9781402006043
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Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. Aims to give a comprehensive account of the "state of the art" of substructural logics, focusing both on their proof theory (especially on sequent calculi and their generalizations) and on their semantics (both algebraic and relational). Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006050
- ISBN
- 9781402006050
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Condition: New
€ 283.74
€ 283.74
Hardback. The nature of life consists in a constructive becoming. This selection of studies envisages life in the Aristotelian perspective in which energia, forces, and dynamisms of life at work are at the fore. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006272
- ISBN
- 9781402006272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.61
€ 257.61