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Hardback. Approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. This book develops the basic principles of DRT for a small fragment of English (but which has nevertheless the power of standard predicate logic). Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324034
- ISBN
- 9780792324034
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€ 388.01
€ 388.01
Hardback. Otto von Guericke has been called a neglected genius, overlooked by most modern scholars, scientists, and laymen. He wrote his "Experimenta Nova" in the seventeenth century in Latin, a dead language for the most part inaccessible to contemporary scientists. Translator(s): Ames, Margaret Glover Foley. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323990
- ISBN
- 9780792323990
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Condition: New
€ 252.26
€ 252.26
Hardback. Provides an introduction to theoretical issues that occupy a central position in disciplines ranging from philosophy of mind and epistemology to cognitive science, decision theory and artificial intelligence. This book includes contributions that shed light on the standard conceptions of probability. Editor(s): Dubucs, Jacques-Paul. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323853
- ISBN
- 9780792323853
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Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. Presents the basic ontological issues that must be raised with respect to the meaning and function of natural science. This title discusses the ontological issues from a hermeneutico-phenomenological point of view. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323648
- ISBN
- 9780792323648
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Condition: New
€ 129.17
€ 129.17
Hardback. Efforts to evaluate the clinical encounter in terms of autonomous agents governed by rationally justified moral principles continue to be criticised. This work examines various models of the clinical encounter emerging out of these criticisms and explores the prospects they offer for theological and religious discourse. Editor(s): McKenny, Gerald P.; Sande, Jonathan R. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; L; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323624
- ISBN
- 9780792323624
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€ 199.22
€ 199.22
Paperback. This collection shows how allegory offers highlights for culture, with its fluctuations and transformation. This collective effort retrieves the vision of the exalted human spirit, bringing together literature, theatre, music and painting in a variety of revealing perspectives. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 643.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323488
- ISBN
- 9780792323488
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Condition: New
€ 200.54
€ 200.54
Hardback. Features papers which are derived from presentations at the Amsterdam Seminar on Intensional Logic, written by researchers from philosophical and mathematical logic, artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. This volume is aimed at researchers and students in logic, both pure and applied, and artificial intelligence. Editor(s): Rijke, Maarten de. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323426
- ISBN
- 9780792323426
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€ 202.01
€ 202.01
Hardback. With an investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323129
- ISBN
- 9780792323129
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Condition: New
€ 251.83
€ 251.83
hardcover. Reveals Lessing's contribution to the history of rhetoric and his participation in the long-standing debate between philosophy and rhetoric. The text also reassesses the importance of rhetoric to argumentation in the 18th century. Series: Library of Rhetorics. Num Pages: 123 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 393.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323082
- ISBN
- 9780792323082
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Condition: New
€ 130.55
€ 130.55
Hardback. Presents contemporary Polish work in philosophical logic. This book is suitable for logicians, mathematicians, philosophers, and linguists. Editor(s): Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 367 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322931
- ISBN
- 9780792322931
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Condition: New
€ 251.29
€ 251.29
Hardback. Develops and defends a version of utilitarianism, including expected-utility theory, as a normative model of decision-making. The work considers the endorsement of a norm as a decision and asks what reasons there are for endorsing norms for decision-making. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322764
- ISBN
- 9780792322764
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Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Hardback. Illustrate how empirical and conceptual problems interact in modern cognitive science. This book encourages us to redraw the boundaries between conceptual and empirical research. It is useful for the courses that serve to introduce the students to the philosophical background of cognitive science. Editor(s): Kamppinen, Matti. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322757
- ISBN
- 9780792322757
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Condition: New
€ 132.86
€ 132.86
Hardback. Deals with issues in the historiography of science, focusing on what is known as the internalist approach. This book includes topics such as ancient Greek mathematics during the Enlightenment, the physical sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as discussions of the relationship between history and philosophy of science. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas; Christianidis, Y.; Nicolaidis, Efthymios (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322559
- ISBN
- 9780792322559
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Condition: New
€ 76.28
€ 76.28
Hardback. A collection of papers from a conference held in honor of one of the world's authorities on Kant: William H. Werkmeister. This book presents interpretations of the development of Kant's thought up to and beyond the three critiques. Editor(s): Dancy, R. M. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322443
- ISBN
- 9780792322443
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Condition: New
€ 131.87
€ 131.87
Hardback. This book is a monograph study of Ingarden's investigations into existence. Its aim is to give a clear and formally precise account, as well as a critical evaluation, of his contributions. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 500 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322276
- ISBN
- 9780792322276
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Condition: New
€ 347.66
€ 347.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 461 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322153
- ISBN
- 9780792322153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.52
€ 258.52
hardcover. This is a comprehensive survey of the way in which Hegel reacted to the pervasive Newtonianism of his day. Various 18th-century developments in metaphysics, the foundations of mathematics, mechanics, optics and chemistry are considered, together with Hegel's assessment of them. Editor(s): Petry, Michael J. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 807 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1304.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 807
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322023
- ISBN
- 9780792322023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 376.69
€ 376.69
Models of the History of Philosophy: from its Origins in the Renaissan...
Giovanni . Ed(S): Santinello
Hardback. Gives a comprehensive description of the various forms and approaches in the literature of the history of philosophy from the fifteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century. This title describes several traditions, from the well known 'prisca theologia' and 'perennis philosophia' traditions of Marsilio Ficino and Augustino Steuco. Editor(s): Santinello, Giovanni. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 534 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792322009
- ISBN
- 9780792322009
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Condition: New
€ 171.54
€ 171.54
Hardback. The major ontology of the human community reconstructs being-together as a system of interactions and transactions subject to the rules of economic rationality and, as a consequence, the community as source and target of finite strategical games. This book emphasizes on infinite games in conversation, and the musicality of voices. Translator(s): Rennie, Stuart. Series: Library of Rhetorics. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321989
- ISBN
- 9780792321989
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Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Hardback. Presents recent research on the medieval use of sophisms in logical and grammatical investigation by 23 leading experts. It covers textual study and analysis of the role of sophisms in the mediaeval curriculum, as well as grammatical and particular logical sophisms. Editor(s): Read, Stephen. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 439 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321965
- ISBN
- 9780792321965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.13
€ 258.13
Hardback. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Dokumente. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321804
- ISBN
- 9780792321804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.06
€ 73.06
Hardback. Presents the New Theory of Argumentation, popularly known as the New Rhetoric, as an innovative theoretical and methodological system which will become important. This book discusses such problems as: new moral notions, the new dilemma of Cain, the spurious notions of 'centrism', Antigone's new arguments, and 'argumentation is not bargaining'. Series: Library of Rhetorics. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321668
- ISBN
- 9780792321668
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Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion, addressed in this volume, of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women, and parents of premature or disabled infants. Editor(s): Beller, Fritz K.; Weir, Robert F. Num Pages: 418 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321651
- ISBN
- 9780792321651
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Condition: New
€ 202.40
€ 202.40
Hardback. Evaluates the contribution of Merleau-Ponty to various philosophical problems, from the cumulative point of view of over thirty years of continental philosophy since the time of his death. Editor(s): Burke, Patrick; Veken, Jan van der. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321422
- ISBN
- 9780792321422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.76
€ 198.76