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Hardback. The tableau methodology, invented in the 1950's by Beth and Hintikka and later perfected by Smullyan and Fitting, is one of the popular proof theoretical methodologies. This handbook contains several chapters on the use of tableaux methods in logic. It is suitable for students and researchers in Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence. Editor(s): D'Agostino, Marcello (University of Ferrara, Italy); Gabbay, Dov M.; Hahnle, Reiner; Posegga, Joachim. Num Pages: 670 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1127.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356271
- ISBN
- 9780792356271
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€ 254.33
€ 254.33
Hardback. Represents a comprehensive survey of the field of rational agency. This work covers the philosophical foundations of rational agency, logical and decision-theoretic approaches to rational agency, multi-agent aspects of rational agency, and describes a number of approaches to programming rational agents. Editor(s): Wooldridge, Mike; Rao, Anand. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 759.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356011
- ISBN
- 9780792356011
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€ 202.91
€ 202.91
Hardback. Provides an interdisciplinary theory that challenges traditional sociology by its superior ability to explain the irrational or unplanned aspects of culture, and it reveals that our society is not as rational as we would like to believe. This book presents an overview of cultural selection theory, including the history of the theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355793
- ISBN
- 9780792355793
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€ 200.42
€ 200.42
Hardback. The notion of negation is one of the central logical notions. This volume studies the properties of negation, in combination with those of other logical operations and structural features of the deducibility relation, which serve as gateways among logical systems. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Wansing, Heinrich. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355694
- ISBN
- 9780792355694
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Condition: New
€ 256.28
€ 256.28
Hardback. Includes essays which develop the ideas of Kant, Hegel and Husserl, leading to an explication of the fundamental concepts of logic - the concepts of 'judgment', 'truth' and the modalities. This book on philosophy of logic, spans the gap between Kant and Hegel on the one hand, and Husserl, Frege and Lask on the other. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355502
- ISBN
- 9780792355502
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€ 132.53
€ 132.53
Hardback. Reasoning is an integral part of intelligent systems in fields like databases, logic programming, robotics, knowledge engineering, and human/computer interfaces. This book features topics including logics for reasoning about actions and planning, and belief revision and the reconciliation of logically conflicting inputs. Editor(s): Pareschi, Remo; Fronhofer, Bertram. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355359
- ISBN
- 9780792355359
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€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback. This text comprises a translation of five lectures delivered in 1907 at the University of Gottingen. In it the author lays out the philosophical problem of knowledge, indicates the requirements for its solution, and introduces the phenomenological method of reduction. Translator(s): Hardy, Lee. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 72 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355007
- ISBN
- 9780792355007
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Condition: New
€ 81.48
€ 81.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 778 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1889.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 778
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354918
- ISBN
- 9780792354918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 211.27
€ 211.27
Hardback. Examines and evaluates three basic characteristics of the Leibnizian metaphysical system: Leibniz's version of representation; the principle of continuity; and space, time, and the phenomenally spatio-temporal. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354765
- ISBN
- 9780792354765
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Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Hardback. Provides an understanding of the development, content and presentation of two aspects of Descartes' philosophy of the human soul - immortality and body-soul union. This title also provides insights into the nature of Descartes' philosophy, and indeed of early modern philosophy more generally. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 455 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354734
- ISBN
- 9780792354734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.29
€ 197.29
Hardback. Contains contributions which are based on research presented at the first meeting in the United States of Japanese and American phenomenologists that took place at Seattle University in the Summer of 1991. Editor(s): Hopkins, Burt. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353362
- ISBN
- 9780792353362
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Condition: New
€ 200.98
€ 200.98
Hardback. The mid-1980s saw the discovery of logical tools that make it possible to model changes in belief and knowledge in entirely new ways. This work contains both discursive chapters with a minimum of formalism and formal chapters in which proofs and proof methods are presented. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353249
- ISBN
- 9780792353249
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Condition: New
€ 203.57
€ 203.57
Hardback. Discussions about the nature of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy have aroused scholarly interest over the years. This volume includes essays which covers topics from the background of Hellenistic theories, through debates on emotion in the major Hellenistic schools, to discussions in later antiquity. Editor(s): Sihvola, Juha; Engberg-Pedersen, Troels. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353188
- ISBN
- 9780792353188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.85
€ 201.85
hardcover. Since the introduction of phenomenology to Japan in the 1910's, Japan has become a major international site for both original and scholarly phenomenological work. This title presents several of Japan's leading phenomenologists, studied in both the Buddhist and Western thought, who bring to bear their backgrounds on rich fields of experience. Editor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. Num Pages: 112 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 770.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY REVIEW, 31:3
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352914
- ISBN
- 9780792352914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.07
€ 69.07
Hardback. Jeffrie G. Murphy's third collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his two previous collections. Murphy now explores these topics in light of issues that are normally associated with religion: forgiveness, mercy, and repentance. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352754
- ISBN
- 9780792352754
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Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
Hardback. Constructive mathematics is based on the thesis that the meaning of a mathematical formula is given, not by its truth-conditions, but in terms of what constructions count as a proof of it. This monograph offers definitions of construction and proof, and describes the algorithmic substructure underlying intuitionistic logic. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 835.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352624
- ISBN
- 9780792352624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.56
€ 236.56
Hardback. What is it about you in virtue of which you are having the thoughts you are now having? The answer will no doubt make some appeal to the state your brain is now in. Most philosophers claim that many of the facts that determine your thoughts lie outside your skin. This view is called externalism. This book argues that externalism is implausible. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352617
- ISBN
- 9780792352617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardback. Analyses the concept of form in different fields such as ontology, language, mathematics, psychology, and in its different aspects according to a modern theory of knowledge. Editor(s): Albertazzi, Liliana. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352464
- ISBN
- 9780792352464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Those familiar with Thomas Reid's scholarship will be only too aware of how little attention has been paid of late to Reid's accounts of beauty, of sublimity and aesthetic assessment. This book is to help remedy this imbalance. It provides a critical exposition of Reid's philosophical anatomy of the self, his moral philosophy, and his aesthetics. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352419
- ISBN
- 9780792352419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Hardback. Describes and criticizes unified models of colour naming that relate basic colour terms directly to perceptual and ultimately to physiological facts, arguing that this strategy has overlooked the cognitive dimension of colour naming. The author also proposes a psychosemantics for basic colour terms which is sensitive to cultural difference. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352396
- ISBN
- 9780792352396
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Condition: New
€ 132.21
€ 132.21
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
Hardback. Presents essays that may change readers' perceptions of Leibniz and of the seventeenth century. Dealing with subjects such as Leibniz's occult sources, his interest in mysticism, Kabbalah, and Chinese philosophy, and his attitude towards enthusiasm, this work gives insights into Leibniz's thought and the cultural context in which he lived. Editor(s): Coudert, Allison; Popkin, R. H.; Weiner, G. M. (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352235
- ISBN
- 9780792352235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.28
€ 198.28
Hardback. Presents an introduction to Display Logic in the context of generalized Gentzen calculi. This book reviews several standard and non-standard sequent-style proof systems for modal logics. It motivates and develops Display Logic, an important refinement of Gentzen's sequent calculus devised by N Belnap. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 252 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352051
- ISBN
- 9780792352051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.16
€ 188.16
Hardback. The essays collected together in this volume explore the commonsensical fact that our presence as reasonable agents makes a causal difference to the course of events in the world. Editor(s): Bransen, Jan; Cuypers, Stefaan E. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352044
- ISBN
- 9780792352044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.40
€ 195.40