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Hardback. In its study of the philosophical and psychological meaning of erotic love, this work shows how a misunderstanding of eros out of a theory of physiological drive-reduction has led to an egocentric view of human nature, motivating a hedonism and an atomistic-individualist conception of society. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
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- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339823
- ISBN
- 9780792339823
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€ 192.90
€ 192.90
Hardback. This work surveys the major interpretations, ancient, medieval and modern, of Aristotle's "modal syllogistic". It reads Aristotle's modal sentences "de re", and attaches considerable importance to his use of ecthesis and counter-examples. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 714.
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- Hardback
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- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 384
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792339878
- ISBN
- 9780792339878
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€ 196.99
€ 196.99
Hardback. Looks at the problem of applying the theory of verisimilitude to cognitive problems of a quantitative nature. This work is focused on hypotheses concerned with (physical or other) systems whose state can be represented with an element of a multidimensional state space, but hypotheses concerned with quantitative laws are also explored. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBCD; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792340058
- ISBN
- 9780792340058
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€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Hardback. Considers the nature of the soul within Aristotle's psychology and natural philosophy. This work provides a survey of the contemporary interpretations of Aristotle's idea of the soul, which are prominent in the Aristotelian scholarship within the analytic tradition. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340331
- ISBN
- 9780792340331
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€ 127.05
€ 127.05
Hardback. This text studies the historical and systematical origin of Edmund Husserl's views on meaning as manifested in his influential work, "Logical Investigations" (1900-01) and "Ideas" (1913), relating them both to the theories of Bernard Bolzano and Hermann Lotze. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 216 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340508
- ISBN
- 9780792340508
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€ 198.32
€ 198.32
Hardback. This text brings together a diverse group of clinicians, theologians, and philosophers to examine the use of reproductive technologies in the light of the Roman Catholic moral tradition and recent teaching. Editor(s): Wildes, Kevin Wm. Series: Philosophy and Medicine / Catholic Studies in Bioethics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792340614
- ISBN
- 9780792340614
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€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. Because of his legendary impatience, Ludwig Wittgenstein's published books are focused on his solutions to his problems and consequently often fail to explain not only his earlier solutions but also his problem situation. This title counteracts the difficulty which this peculiarity of Wittgenstein's poses to his readers. Series: Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340911
- ISBN
- 9780792340911
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€ 192.34
€ 192.34
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341000
- ISBN
- 9780792341000
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€ 222.85
€ 222.85
Hardback. This volume aims to illustrate that through the application of formal methods the ancient discipline of ontology may be put on a firm methodological basis. The essays illuminate the nature of ontology and its relation to other areas, in language, logic and everyday life. Editor(s): Poli, Dr. Roberto; Simons, Peter. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341048
- ISBN
- 9780792341048
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€ 193.10
€ 193.10
Hardback. Focuses on study of proof systems for modal logics, that is, logics of necessity, possibility, knowledge, belief, time, computations, and more. This work contains technical results and presentations of novel proof procedures. It is useful for the interdisciplinary fields of logic, knowledge representation, and automated deduction. Editor(s): Wansing, Heinrich. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341208
- ISBN
- 9780792341208
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€ 193.59
€ 193.59
The Truthful and the Good. Essays in Honor of Robert Sokolowski.
. Ed(S): Drummond, John J.; Hart, James G.
Hardback. Collects essays considering the range of Robert Sokolowski's philosophical works: his view of philosophy; his phenomenology of language and his account of the relation between language and being; his phenomenology of moral action; and his phenomenological theology of disclosure. Editor(s): Drummond, John J.; Hart, James G. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341345
- ISBN
- 9780792341345
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€ 189.72
€ 189.72
Hardback. Among the multiple, subliminal passions that inspire our life in innumerable ways, literature shows us one that seems to play a penetrating role in human concerns: passion for space. This book presents papers from two conferences of the International Society of Phenomenology and Literature held in Cambridge, MA in 1993/4. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341468
- ISBN
- 9780792341468
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€ 128.52
€ 128.52
Hardback. Presents the research as well as critical surveys and assessments of Otto Neurath's many-faceted and impressive life work. This book suitable for scholars specialized in adult education, museology and economics. It focuses on Neurath's methodological holism and epistemological naturalism. Editor(s): Nemeth, Elisabeth; Stadler, Friedrich. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341611
- ISBN
- 9780792341611
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€ 277.57
€ 277.57
Heterodoxy, Spinozism and Free Thought in Early Eighteenth-Century Eur...
Silvia; Etc. . Ed(S): Berti
Hardback. This volume contains the results of the seminar looking at the work, "Traite des Trois Imposteurs". It breaks ground about the Traite, including data about its possible origins and development, the dispersion of manuscripts of it, and its role in anti-religious Enlightenment thought. Editor(s): Berti, Silvia; etc. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 551 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 551
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341925
- ISBN
- 9780792341925
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€ 250.95
€ 250.95
Hardback. This text is divided into three sections dealing with the constitution of material nature, the constitution of animal nature, and that of spiritual nature. The essays in this volume deal with various aspects of all three of these sections. Editor(s): Nenon, Thomas; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342168
- ISBN
- 9780792342168
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€ 192.58
€ 192.58
Hardback. Issues covered in this collection of essays include: the nature of physical laws; the basic entities that we can expect the world to consist of; the problem of induction; the aim(s) of science; the discovery of natural laws through scientific methods; and natural necessity and its status. Editor(s): Riggs, Peter J. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342250
- ISBN
- 9780792342250
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€ 127.08
€ 127.08
Hardback. Contains original contributions dedicated to Vladimir A Smirnov by scholars in Russia, the United States, Japan, Finland, Brazil, the Netherlands, Poland, and Hungary. This work includes the problems of non-classical logics, logical semantics, analysis of logical proofs, and applications of logical methods to the methodology of science. Editor(s): Bystrov, Peter I.; Sadovskii, V. N. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342700
- ISBN
- 9780792342700
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€ 128.69
€ 128.69
Paperback. Series: Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342809
- ISBN
- 9780792342809
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€ 188.64
€ 188.64
Hardback. The contributions to this memorial volume, most written by friends and students of Gurwitsch, contain critical studies of the work of Aron Gurwitsch, influential in the field of phenomenology, and attempts to extend his philosophical analyses to new problems and fields. Editor(s): Evans, Joseph Claude; Stufflebeam, Robert S. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. 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
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343172
- ISBN
- 9780792343172
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€ 192.85
€ 192.85
Hardback. Deals with the problem of time from different perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. This work addresses issues which concerning the direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of reasoning about time. Editor(s): Faye, Jan; Scheffler, U. (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany); Urchs, Max. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343301
- ISBN
- 9780792343301
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Condition: New
€ 196.47
€ 196.47