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Hardback. Develops and defends a version of utilitarianism, including expected-utility theory, as a normative model of decision-making. The work considers the endorsement of a norm as a decision and asks what reasons there are for endorsing norms for decision-making. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322764
- ISBN
- 9780792322764
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Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Hardback. Presents contemporary Polish work in philosophical logic. This book is suitable for logicians, mathematicians, philosophers, and linguists. Editor(s): Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 367 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322931
- ISBN
- 9780792322931
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€ 242.49
€ 242.49
Hardback. With an investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323129
- ISBN
- 9780792323129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.01
€ 243.01
Hardback. Features papers which are derived from presentations at the Amsterdam Seminar on Intensional Logic, written by researchers from philosophical and mathematical logic, artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. This volume is aimed at researchers and students in logic, both pure and applied, and artificial intelligence. Editor(s): Rijke, Maarten de. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323426
- ISBN
- 9780792323426
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Condition: New
€ 194.96
€ 194.96
Paperback. This collection shows how allegory offers highlights for culture, with its fluctuations and transformation. This collective effort retrieves the vision of the exalted human spirit, bringing together literature, theatre, music and painting in a variety of revealing perspectives. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323488
- ISBN
- 9780792323488
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Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
Hardback. Efforts to evaluate the clinical encounter in terms of autonomous agents governed by rationally justified moral principles continue to be criticised. This work examines various models of the clinical encounter emerging out of these criticisms and explores the prospects they offer for theological and religious discourse. Editor(s): McKenny, Gerald P.; Sande, Jonathan R. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; L; MB. 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
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323624
- ISBN
- 9780792323624
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€ 192.26
€ 192.26
Hardback. Presents the basic ontological issues that must be raised with respect to the meaning and function of natural science. This title discusses the ontological issues from a hermeneutico-phenomenological point of view. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323648
- ISBN
- 9780792323648
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Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
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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Condition: New
€ 193.22
€ 193.22
Hardback. Otto von Guericke has been called a neglected genius, overlooked by most modern scholars, scientists, and laymen. He wrote his "Experimenta Nova" in the seventeenth century in Latin, a dead language for the most part inaccessible to contemporary scientists. Translator(s): Ames, Margaret Glover Foley. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323990
- ISBN
- 9780792323990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.41
€ 243.41
Hardback. Approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. This book develops the basic principles of DRT for a small fragment of English (but which has nevertheless the power of standard predicate logic). Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324034
- ISBN
- 9780792324034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 374.45
€ 374.45
Hardback. Develops a novel defense of Platonism, arguing, first, that abstracta - nonqualitative haecceities - are needed to explain concreta's being diverse at a time; and second, that unexemplified haecceities are then required to accommodate the full range of cases in which there are possible worlds containing individuals not present in the actual world. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324386
- ISBN
- 9780792324386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.46
€ 192.46
Hardback. Many elements of modern legal systems differ significantly from classical notions. This text concerns the problem of which results of human activity can obtain legal validity. The author makes use of recent findings in speech act theory, such as John R. Searle and Vanderveken's illocutionary logic. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324416
- ISBN
- 9780792324416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. Provides an account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. This book provides an account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. It considers the implications for medical practice. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324430
- ISBN
- 9780792324430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.29
€ 188.29
Hardback. Considers the problem of the choice of prior probabilities for Bayesian inferences. This book attempts at a 'coordinated development' of Bayesian statistics, the theory of inductive probabilities, and the verisimilitude theory. It is suitable for researchers and readers concerned with Bayesian inference. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324607
- ISBN
- 9780792324607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Hardback. Issues surrounding the status and nature of "nonexistent objects" constitue one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets. In this book, Perszyk takes readers through this thicket, informed both historically and at the level of contemporary discussion of relevant themes. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324614
- ISBN
- 9780792324614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
The Books of Nature and Scripture. Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy...
. Ed(S): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H.
Hardback. The authors have attended a number of conferences where it was apparent that important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and other aspects of their philosophies. This title presents best research in this area. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324676
- ISBN
- 9780792324676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
hardcover. A set of five articles, which discuss topical philosophical problems. Topics covered are truth, individuals, speech acts and actions, formalism and the philosophy of history. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Philosophical Problems Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325642
- ISBN
- 9780792325642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.91
€ 68.91
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Hardback. Much of contemporary philosophy, political theory, and social thought has been shaped directly or indirectly by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This volume explores these in favor of a non-metaphysical reading of Hegel's arguments. It also shows how the foundations of his political thought support a liberal democratic state. Editor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Pinkard, Terry P. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326298
- ISBN
- 9780792326298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Considers the possibility of understanding ethics not as a natural science but as representing a different stratum of language. The text demonstrates how will and motive are better understood from their reflection in public language and action than as psychological contents. Translator(s): Kaal, Hans. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326748
- ISBN
- 9780792326748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.29
€ 190.29