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Hardback. In this unique volume, scholars from around the world assess Popkin's contributions to the many fields in which he was interested. The volume provides a broad overview of Popkin's work and demonstrates the connections between the many topics he wrote about. Editor(s): Popkin, Jeremy D. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402084737
- ISBN
- 9781402084737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.11
€ 200.11
Hardback. The Liar Paradox challenges logicians' and semanticists' theories of truth and meaning. This book, entirely written in dispute style, provides a formal reconstruction of several medieval theories of truth, demonstrating their relevance to modern research. Editor(s): Rahman, Shahid; Tulenheimo, Tero; Genot, Emmanuel. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402084676
- ISBN
- 9781402084676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.04
€ 201.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083884
- ISBN
- 9781402083884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.59
€ 150.59
Paperback. In this book, essays by leading philosophers of religion discuss the ethics and rationality of belief, one of the most fundamental questions in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. It is presented as a tribute to D.Z. Phillips. Editor(s): Long, Eugene Thomas; Horn, Patrick. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083761
- ISBN
- 9781402083761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
hardcover. This book argues that the fundamental physical structure of the world is logical as well as mathematical. The work is the presentation of a logical theory - Logic in Reality (LIR) - and of applications of that theory in natural science and philosophy. Num Pages: 362 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083747
- ISBN
- 9781402083747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.74
€ 234.74
Hardback. Here is a unique work of reference. Not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality, but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model. Editor(s): Gueron, Jacqueline; Lecarme, Jacqueline. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083532
- ISBN
- 9781402083532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.11
€ 200.11
Paperback. This collection of new essays on John Locke by a constellation of leading Locke scholars focuses on his philosophy, biography, sources and influence. A major emphasis of the collection is the relationship between Locke and seventeenth-century philosophers. Editor(s): Hutton, Sarah; Schuurman, Paul. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083242
- ISBN
- 9781402083242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 200.05
€ 200.05
Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-use Dilemma in the...
Miller, Professor Seumas; Selgelid, Michael
Paperback. This book examines the life-science experiments that give rise to the dual-use dilemma. It therefore addresses a topic of tremendous contemporary importance. This is the first book-length treatment of the subject by professional ethicists. Num Pages: 84 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083112
- ISBN
- 9781402083112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Hardback. This book feature papers by top scholars in honor of renowned philosopher of language Ernie Lepore. It examines questions central to the study of the contemporary philosophy of language. Editor(s): Viger, Christopher; Stainton, Robert J. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402083099
- ISBN
- 9781402083099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.41
€ 133.41
Hardback. This book serves as a complex but accessible introduction to issues surrounding knowledge and education. It provides a unique critique of contemporary dominant modes of knowledge production and a new critical complex way of reframing knowledge production. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402082238
- ISBN
- 9781402082238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.41
€ 133.41
Hardback. This book investigates central issues in the philosophy of memory and is the first book on the metaphysics of memory in four decades. It defends a version of the causal theory of memory and argues for direct realism about memory. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402082191
- ISBN
- 9781402082191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Hardback. The advent of Hindu Studies coincides with the emergence of modern hermeneutics. This book highlights the interpretive dimension of religion (Hinduism) and the religious dimension of interpretation (Western hermeneutics). Editor(s): Sherma, Rita; Sharma, Arvind. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402081910
- ISBN
- 9781402081910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
Paperback. Remembered mainly as a logician and mathematician, Leibniz also endeavored to resolve political and religious conflicts of his day by bringing opponents into negotiation. This book sheds light on the familiar, yet incomplete image of Leibniz, providing further reason for cherishing and cultivating the heritage of a truly great man. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 520 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006. 2nd printing 2008
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402081903
- ISBN
- 9781402081903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 258.28
€ 258.28
Paperback. Attempts to provide an overview of an ecology of language learning, including both theoretical discussions on language, semiotics, emergence, and self, and the practical consequences of an ecological view for classroom work. This book is of interest to language educators, and second and foreign language teachers and researchers. Series: Educational Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402079931
- ISBN
- 9781402079931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.22
€ 130.22
hardcover. Shows the developments in the verification domain from the perspectives of the user and the developer. This work describes the underlying methods of verification tools and describes various scenarios from industrial practice. It addresses the core techniques of formal verification tools, such as SAT and BDDs. Editor(s): Drechsler, Rolf. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402077210
- ISBN
- 9781402077210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardback. Emphasizes the application of optimization, economics, and systems engineering to problems in environmental resources management. This senior level/graduate textbook introduces optimization theory and algorithms that have been successful in resolving water quality and groundwater management problems. Num Pages: 468 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402076695
- ISBN
- 9781402076695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.46
€ 76.46
Paperback. Explores various systematicity and productivity arguments in detail, addressing the explanatory standard that is involved in the arguments, what is to be explained in the arguments, how diverse theories have attempted to meet the explanatory challenges of systematicity, and how successful these attempts have been. Series: Studies in Brain and Mind. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402072840
- ISBN
- 9781402072840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.50
€ 130.50
Hardback. Provides treatment of the systematicity and productivity arguments. This book explores each of the arguments, addressing the explanatory standard that is involved in the arguments. It is useful for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and specialists in cognitive science, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of mind. Series: Studies in Brain and Mind. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402072710
- ISBN
- 9781402072710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
paperback. Offers the logic of knowledge change. This book provides various logics to support such formal specifications, including proof systems. It contains exercises including answers and is suitable for graduate courses in logic. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402069086
- ISBN
- 9781402069086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.15
€ 131.15
Hardback. Offers a study of the thesis that scientific theories are systematically 'underdetermined' by the data they account for. After analyzing the epistemological and ontological aspects of the topic in detail, and reviewing pertinent logical facts and selected scientific cases, this work examines the merits of arguments for and against the thesis. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402068980
- ISBN
- 9781402068980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.25
€ 195.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Rollinger, Robin. Num Pages: 572 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402068966
- ISBN
- 9781402068966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 459.49
€ 459.49
Hardback. Intends to treat the major figures who have advanced the Achilles argument, or who have held views bearing on it. Editor(s): Lennon, Thomas M.; Stainton, Robert J. Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402068928
- ISBN
- 9781402068928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
Hardback. Training in practical ethics is thought to be conducive to ethical decision-making and ethical behaviour. This book states that researchers in moral education widely regard moral reasoning as but one among at least 4 dimensions of moral development alongside moral motivation, moral character and moral sensitivity. Num Pages: 198 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402068881
- ISBN
- 9781402068881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.75
€ 131.75
Hardback. A collection of original papers on the theme of 'Values, Rational Choice, and the Will'. It features essays that dealt with most of the central questions of moral philosophy, in both normative ethics and meta-ethics, and theoretical and applied ethics. Editor(s): Chan, David K. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402068713
- ISBN
- 9781402068713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69