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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354734
- ISBN
- 9780792354734
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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.
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- 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352624
- ISBN
- 9780792352624
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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.
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- 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
Hardback
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.
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- 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.
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- 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
Hardback. When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean existence for you or existence for me. In this book, this simple requirement is defended and pursued into its various implications. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351887
- ISBN
- 9780792351887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Paperback. In the Netherlands, euthanasia is legal, and doctors can openly and intentionally end the life of their patients. This book addresses the debate among Dutch physicians, policy-makers, lawyers, and bioethicists, as well as families, using academic papers as well as personal experiences. Editor(s): Thomasma, David C.; Kushner, Thomasine; Kimsma, G.L. (Free University Amsterdam, Medical Faculty, The Netherlands); Ciesielski-Carlucci, C. Num Pages: 588 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 281 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1108.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351863
- ISBN
- 9780792351863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.66
€ 131.66
hardcover. Action is conceived as an intentional behavior of an individual or of an institutional subject. This book gives a structure analysis of the so - called practical inference and of nomic causal propositions. It also addresses readers interested in philosophical logic, practical philosophy, sociology of institutions, legal philosophy, and more. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351849
- ISBN
- 9780792351849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.66
€ 195.66
Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems
. Ed(S): Gabbay, Dov M.; Smets, Philippe
Hardback. Deals with approaches to handling contradictory information. This volume is suitable for students, researchers and practitioners in artificial intelligence, software engineering, logic, language and philosophy. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Smets, Philippe. Series: Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning & Uncertainty Management Systems. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351610
- ISBN
- 9780792351610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.86
€ 200.86
Hardback. Science and philosophy have both undergone radical transformations. Following the philosophical model of the ontopoieisis of life, focusing on its specifically human sphere - that of the human self-interpretation-in-existence - this title encircles the horizons of the alliance. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 530 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351429
- ISBN
- 9780792351429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.19
€ 269.19
Life - Scientific Philosophy, Phenomenology of Life and the Sciences o...
Anna-Teresa . Ed(S): Tymieniecka
Hardback. This collection provides the fruits of the groundlaying work on the philosophy/phenomenology of life presented in 30 volumes of the Analecta Husserliana, and inaugurates a radical phase in philosophy/phenomenology. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351412
- ISBN
- 9780792351412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.21
€ 260.21
Hardback. Heidegger holds that our age is dominated by the ambition of reason to possess the world. Leibniz is the man who formulated the theorem: nothing happens without a reason. This book shows Leibniz as one who defends the thought of being in the unity of monadology, and Heidegger as a thinker who preserves the sign of reason in his meditating thought. Translator(s): Parks, Gerald. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351375
- ISBN
- 9780792351375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. This text is a history of one of the oldest problems in the philosophy of space and time: How is the change from one state to its opposite to be described? Authors treated in this book range from Plato, to contemporary authors, taking into account such theories as interval semantics. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351207
- ISBN
- 9780792351207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.78
€ 288.78
Hardback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351177
- ISBN
- 9780792351177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.20
€ 178.20