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paperback. Empirical studies of metaphor have made possible detailed analyses of how metaphors actually structure conceptualization and reasoning. Researchers have also learned that metaphor is a conceptual and experiential process that structures the world. This volume contributes to these advances. Editor(s): Johnson, Mark. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Psychology Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805899399
- ISBN
- 9780805899399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
hardcover. Examines the relationship between metaphor, art and science against the backdrop of modern European philosophy and, in particular, the work of Kant, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. This book explores the impact which the notion of cognitive metaphor has on key positions and concepts within aesthetics, epistemology and the philosophy of science. Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415324007
- ISBN
- 9780415324007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
paperback. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 457 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 457
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141463
- ISBN
- 9789048141463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 256.21
€ 256.21
paperback. Editor(s): Hallyn, Fernand. Series: Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048155590
- ISBN
- 9789048155590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Contains historical case studies, contributions, and applications to specific sciences. These papers illustrate the variety of functions of metaphors and analogies, as well as the many connections between the study of some of these functions and other subjects and disciplines. Editor(s): Hallyn, Fernand. Series: Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365600
- ISBN
- 9780792365600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Hardback. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067508
- ISBN
- 9780231067508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. * Major new work in feminist theory, cultural theory and gender studies * Author is well known in the fields of feminism and post--structuralism and for her work on problems of identity and difference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625775
- ISBN
- 9780745625775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.36
€ 31.99
€ 31.36
Hardback. Presents a treatment of deductive aspects and structures of fuzzy logic understood as many valued logic sui generis. This book shows that fuzzy logic as a logic of imprecise (vague) propositions does have well-developed formal foundations and that most things usually named 'fuzzy inference' can be naturally understood as logical deduction. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352389
- ISBN
- 9780792352389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.44
€ 255.44
paperback. Presents a treatment of deductive aspects and structures of fuzzy logic understood as many valued logic sui generis. This book shows that fuzzy logic as a logic of imprecise (vague) propositions does have well-developed formal foundations and that most things usually named 'fuzzy inference' can be naturally understood as logical deduction. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402003707
- ISBN
- 9781402003707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 286.03
€ 286.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880580
- ISBN
- 9781589880580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.72
€ 32.72
Paperback. Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school-they actually paid $5. 98 for The $5. 98 EP. Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163484
- ISBN
- 9781405163484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. This book will be of interest to anyone-in any discipline-who takes the past as a serious object of study. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DSA; HBJD; HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Fortieth Anniversary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415604
- ISBN
- 9781421415604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.82
€ 35.99
€ 34.82
Paperback. Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgement and motivation? Can we know whether something is right and wrong? And is morality a fiction? This title presents a survey of the key concepts and positions in the fields of philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652587
- ISBN
- 9781844652587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Paperback. This is a collection of papers on metaethics very broadly conceived, to include, for example, moral psychology. It incorporates a broad view of philosophy, utilizing contributions from leading philosophers and provides readers with the latest cutting-edge developments in this extensive subject. Editor(s): Sosa, E. David; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 19
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444333992
- ISBN
- 9781444333992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Metaethics is an engaging and argumentative textbook introducing advanced students to the cutting edge of the debate in one of the most exciting areas of contemporary philosophy. Kirchin covers key topics, including varieties of moral realism, error theory, noncognitivism, and a brand new position; metaethical pluralism. Series: Palgrave Philosophy Today. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219465
- ISBN
- 9780230219465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Metaethics is an engaging and argumentative textbook introducing advanced students to the cutting edge of the debate in one of the most exciting areas of contemporary philosophy. Kirchin covers key topics, including varieties of moral realism, error theory, noncognitivism, and a brand new position; metaethical pluralism. Series: Palgrave Philosophy Today. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219472
- ISBN
- 9780230219472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardback. Is knowledge relative? Many academics across the humanities say that it is. However those who work in mainstream epistemology generally consider that it is not. Metaepistemology and Relativism questions whether the kind of anti-relativistic background that underlies typical projects in mainstream epistemology can on closer inspection be vindicated. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336637
- ISBN
- 9781137336637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.23
€ 139.23
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; J; KJM; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461349228
- ISBN
- 9781461349228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.00
€ 250.00
Hardback. Offers an inquiry about the foundations of knowledge of a scientific discipline. This book warns scientific disciplines that neglecting epistemological issues threatens the viability of their pronouncements and designs. It shows that the processes by which complex artefacts are created require a pluralistic approach to artefact design. Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306474583
- ISBN
- 9780306474583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.57
€ 256.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Cornelis, Gustaaf C.; Smets, Sonja (Free University of Brussels, Belgium); Bendegem, Jean Paul van. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDX; PHQ; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 829.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048152421
- ISBN
- 9789048152421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 285.09
€ 285.09
Hardback. In this introduction to the field of archaeology several leading archaeologists show how accessible and interesting the current archaeological literature is, and currently active philosophers of archaeology reveal something of the current state of discussion on the subject. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320234
- ISBN
- 9780792320234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.81
€ 200.81
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319253329
- ISBN
- 9783319253329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1969th Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401750677
- ISBN
- 9789401750677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401185448
- ISBN
- 9789401185448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66