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Hardback. A study of the comprehensive examination of a problem: the basis of our knowledge that others have minds. It insists, against the received wisdom, that no theory of mind can avoid the problem or make it easier to solve. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 437.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332459
- ISBN
- 9780792332459
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€ 131.22
€ 131.22
Hardback. In relation to the problems faced, in contemplation and in practical affairs, philosophers must confront the question 'What is knowledge?'. This work deals with problems of knowing and believing, of the kinds and criteria of knowledge, of truth and fallibility, and of the cultural as well as individual factors in cognition. Editor(s): Kucuradi, Ioanna; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332411
- ISBN
- 9780792332411
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€ 200.21
€ 200.21
paperback. Sets out the foundations, methodology and practice of a formal framework for the description of language. The approach embraces the trends of lexicalism and compositional semantics in computational and theoretical linguistics by developing categorial grammar into a logic of signs. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1020.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332268
- ISBN
- 9780792332268
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€ 197.90
€ 197.90
Hardback. A critical reconstruction and exposition of G.E. Moore's indirect, sophisticated, and non-hedonistic form of utilitarianism - a neglected side of his ethical thought. The book places his normative ethics with respect to traditional utilitarianism, and assesses his case for consequentialism. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332237
- ISBN
- 9780792332237
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€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Hardback. Develops the concepts presented in "Surrender and Catch" (1976) and applied to sociology and its history in "Survival and Sociology" (1991) and autobiography in "O Loma!" (1989). This title explores how author's hypothesis of Surrender(-and-Catch) bears on aspects of autobiography (emigre status, field work), sociology of knowledge, and poetry. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 541.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331780
- ISBN
- 9780792331780
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€ 132.65
€ 132.65
Hardback. Brings a collection of essays which offer a systematic account of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind and contribute in an absolutely new and original way to illuminating his later conception of human perceptive, emotional and cognitive language from both a theoretical and an historical point of view. Editor(s): Egidi, Rosaria. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331711
- ISBN
- 9780792331711
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€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Rescher offers an explanation of the presuppositions and methods of rational enquiry, and an exercise in metaknowledge, developing a systematic body of knowledge about the scope and limits of knowledge itself. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331483
- ISBN
- 9780792331483
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€ 188.09
€ 188.09
Hardback. Containing contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field of the study of mind, this book addresses such topics as: the place of a priori inquiry in philosophy of mind, moral psychology, consciousness, social dimensions of intentionality, relation of logic to philosophical psychology, objectivity and the mind, and privileged access. Editor(s): Murray, Michael J.; Hawthorne, John O'Leary. Series: Philosophical Studies S. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331438
- ISBN
- 9780792331438
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€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Hardback. What does it mean to say that one experience is synthesized with others? This book provides examination of synthesis in Husserl's major early work. It offers Husserl scholars a range of original interpretations, on issues ranging from closed and unclosed linguistic expressions, to indeterminacy of perspective, to the ego's return to itself. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331056
- ISBN
- 9780792331056
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Condition: New
€ 198.62
€ 198.62
Hardback. Sets out the foundations, methodology and practice of a formal framework for the description of language. The approach embraces the trends of lexicalism and compositional semantics in computational and theoretical linguistics by developing categorial grammar into a logic of signs. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330950
- ISBN
- 9780792330950
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€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Contains contributions to an international symposium that the Vienna Circle Institute held in October 1993 on ethics and social philosophy. This book contains papers which deal among others with questions of justice, equality, human rights, the connections between rationality and morality and the methodological problems of applied ethics. Editor(s): Pauer-Studer, Herlinde. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330714
- ISBN
- 9780792330714
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€ 201.13
€ 201.13
Hardback. This text offers a reappraisal of the reputation of Plato in England between 1423 and 1603. With a comprehensive survey of allusions to Plato, it shows that the English were far less interested in Plato than most historians have thought. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330608
- ISBN
- 9780792330608
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€ 132.09
€ 132.09
Paperback. With Part I presenting a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition, and Part II taking up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics, this book is of interest to metaphysicians, possible-world semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330073
- ISBN
- 9780792330073
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Condition: New
€ 198.62
€ 198.62
Hardback. This text presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. "Worlds" themselves are understood as structured sets of properties. The book also takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330066
- ISBN
- 9780792330066
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€ 201.20
€ 201.20
Hardback. Features essays in honor of Robert S Cohen that focuses on issues in contemporary epistemology, aesthetics, and philosophy of mind as well as on the relations of science and human values in ethical and religious thought. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas; Stachel, J. J.; Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 825.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329909
- ISBN
- 9780792329909
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Condition: New
€ 258.47
€ 258.47
Hardback. Presents essays in honor of Robert S Cohen, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. This work discusses issues of contemporary social and political thought, and its bearing on science. It explains the relations of Marxism to science, and specifically, to the philosophies of science of Carnap and Popper, as well as Soviet Marxism. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas; Stachel, J. J.; Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 785.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329893
- ISBN
- 9780792329893
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€ 202.57
€ 202.57
The Question of Hermeneutics. Essays in Honor of Joseph J. Kockelmans....
Timothy J. . Ed(S): Stapleton
Paperback. Features essays that are illustrative of the depth and breadth of possibilities provided by hermeneutic philosophy and by a hermeneutically oriented phenomenology. This work explores questions such as: How is hermeneutics situated within the general, twentieth century philosophical climate? How does hermeneutics relate to traditional philosophy? Editor(s): Stapleton, Timothy J. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1570.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329640
- ISBN
- 9780792329640
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€ 135.17
€ 135.17
Critical Rationalism, the Social Sciences and the Humanities
. Ed(S): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel
Hardback. This volume considers such questions as: Agassi's philosophy of education, in practice as well as in theory; the impact of psychology on philosophy; the origins of critical rationalism in the Bible; and the debates in economics stimulated by the work of Popper and Agassi. Editor(s): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329619
- ISBN
- 9780792329619
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€ 200.14
€ 200.14
Critical Rationalism, Metaphysics and Science: Essays for Joseph Agass...
. Ed(S): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel
hardcover. This text focuses on the philosophical framework known as critical rationalism, testing its limitations and discovering surprising connections. The essays illustrate the fecundity and range of Professor Agassi's interests, and the broad range of persons he has influenced. Editor(s): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1290.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329602
- ISBN
- 9780792329602
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€ 199.66
€ 199.66
Hardback. Presents phenomenological thought and the phenomenological movement within philosophy and within various other disciplines. This work contains an introduction that briefly chronicles the changing phenomenological agenda and compares phenomenology with other 20th Century movements. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 779 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 193 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 779
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329565
- ISBN
- 9780792329565
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Condition: New
€ 621.68
€ 621.68
The Logic of the Living Present. Experience, Ordering, Onto-Poiesis of...
Anna-Teresa . Ed(S): Tymieniecka
Hardback. Offers documentation of the seriousness, depth and originality with which phenomenology has been received and grafted upon the living tree of philosophical reflection in the Orient. This title also presents an interpretation of "Locke's theory of knowledge". Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 321 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329305
- ISBN
- 9780792329305
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€ 195.49
€ 195.49
Hardback. This text is an outcome of two conferences held in Poland in 1987 and 1990. Both conferences dealt with the problem of rationality. It presents a comprehensive current account of the manifold approaches to the problem of rationality and related issues. Editor(s): Misiek, Jozef. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329251
- ISBN
- 9780792329251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.16
€ 195.16
Hardback. Studies the theory of knowledge and asserts that all such work is based on the false assumption that what makes knowledge possible is in itself knowable in some way. This book says that it is necessary to seek the basis of the possibility of knowledge on entirely different levels. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329091
- ISBN
- 9780792329091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.86
€ 132.86
Hardback. Presents 26 papers by some of the leading philosophers, demonstrating the cosmopolitan variety of approach to Peirce's epistemology. This book groups the contributions under three general headings: Knowledge, truth and the pragmatic principle; Peirce and the epistemological tradition; and Knowledge, language and semeiotic. Editor(s): Debrock, G.; Hulswit, Menno. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328988
- ISBN
- 9780792328988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47