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Hardback. Offers a version of Cartesian mind-body dualism. This book provides an introduction for students of early modern philosophy to various issues which were developed by Malebranche and expressed in their definitive form in David Hume's analysis of causal relations. Editor(s): Clarke, Desmond M. Translator(s): Clarke, Desmond A. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347781
- ISBN
- 9780792347781
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€ 124.18
€ 124.18
Hardback. The basic ideas of the language theory are subjected to critical scrutiny and found wanting, including the concept of scope, the hegemony of generative syntax, the Frege-Russell claim that verbs like 'is' are ambiguous, and the assumptions underlying the so-called New Theory of Reference. In their stead, fresh ideas are proposed. Series: Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347804
- ISBN
- 9780792347804
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€ 193.33
€ 193.33
Hardback. The direction of this text is both phenomenological and prescriptive as it attempts to provide a phenomenological foundation for communitarian ethical theory. It argues that the Ego and the Other arise together in sense and we are committed to community in a foundational way. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347989
- ISBN
- 9780792347989
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€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Hardback. Through the application of phenomenological semantics, this text offers a new approach towards understanding modal logic and its philosophical implications. It is directed primarily to phenomenologists, but also addresses analytic philosophers and philosophically interested logicians. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348092
- ISBN
- 9780792348092
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€ 138.35
€ 138.35
Hardback. Attests to the the world-wide development of a hermeneutical approach to the natural sciences. This title raises such questions: What is a phenomenology of 'scientific' perception? How does meaning arise out of laboratory situations? and more. Editor(s): Crease, Robert. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from man and world, 30:3, 1997
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348108
- ISBN
- 9780792348108
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Condition: New
€ 123.36
€ 123.36
Hardback. Offers a survey of Soviet philosophy after the disappearance of the Soviet system and embarks on a historical and meta-philosophical investigation of Soviet philosophical culture. This book is intended for students of Soviet and Russian philosophy, historians of philosophy and specialists in Soviet studies. Series: Sovietica. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; CF; HPC. 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
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348320
- ISBN
- 9780792348320
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€ 190.91
€ 190.91
The Skeptical Tradition Around 1800. Skepticism in Philosophy, Science...
. Ed(S): Zande, Johan Van Der; Popkin, Richar...
Hardback. A collection of essays which put an end to the notion that Kant solved the problem of skepticism. It investigates the role of skepticism in the political thought of Burke and Tocqueville, in the development of mathematical thought and in science, and in the context of such social issues as smallpox inoculation, suicide, and capital punishment. Editor(s): Zande, Johan van der; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 487 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 487
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348467
- ISBN
- 9780792348467
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Condition: New
€ 194.06
€ 194.06
Hardback. Includes a construction of the work Schutz did not but was clearly prepared to write on how authors and audiences relate to one another in lyric poetry, drama, and the novel which shows how Schutz anticipated reader-response theory and provides a basis not only for his theory of literature but also for his theory of art. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348474
- ISBN
- 9780792348474
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Condition: New
€ 192.58
€ 192.58
Hardback. This text offers a model for understanding autonomy in the context of the practical uses of this concept for applied ethics and political philosophy, and in particular for our understanding of moral responsibility. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348511
- ISBN
- 9780792348511
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Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Hardback. Even though several branches of philosophy meet in the notion of trust, it has nevertheless been largely neglected by mainstream philosophy. This book demonstrates the conceptual significance of our dependence on others. It is suitable for those in philosophy, psychology or the social sciences. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348740
- ISBN
- 9780792348740
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Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Hardback. Investigates intentionality from the point of view of intentional objects. This book uses M-logic as a tool for investigating formal features of intentional objects. It also studies intentionality phenomena and suggests further ways of extending and modifying M-logic. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348801
- ISBN
- 9780792348801
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardback. Discusses whether culture is an excess of nature's prodigious expansiveness - an excess which might turn out to be dangerous for nature itself if it goes too far - or is it a 'natural', congenial prolongation of nature-life. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1760.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348870
- ISBN
- 9780792348870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.83
€ 251.83
On Science, Inference, Information and Decision Making
Szaniawski, A.. Ed(S): Chmielewski, A.; Wolen...
Hardback. There are two competing pictures of science. One considers science as a system of inferences, whereas another looks at science as a system of actions. This book contains essays which offer a view which intends to combine both pictures. Editor(s): Chmielewski, A.; Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. 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
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349228
- ISBN
- 9780792349228
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Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. This text revives the early 20th-century controversy between the immanent and transcendent conception of the object of knowledge, and offers an interpretation of the relationships between logical positivism, Kantian thought, and conventionalist philosophy of science. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349396
- ISBN
- 9780792349396
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Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
Hardback. Offers a reading of Levinas and Derrida against the backdrop of 19th and 20th century philosophy (Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig) and Phenomenology (Husserl, Schutz). Based on Cohen's ethics of correlation, this book demonstrates how far it is possible to read Levinas and Derrida as constructing similar approaches to ethics. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349532
- ISBN
- 9780792349532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.71
€ 190.71
Hardback. The distinction between Kant's "Synthesis" and Husserl's "Intentionality" is the main subject of this book. The theme of the analysis is the variation of the position and essence of the term "Intuition" - "Anschauung" in the two systems. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 387.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349563
- ISBN
- 9780792349563
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Condition: New
€ 125.98
€ 125.98
Hardback. Including 18 contributions, this volume deals with central questions of environmental ethics, bioethics and medical ethics, professional and business ethics, social, political, and legal ethics as well as with the aims and foundations of applied ethics in general. Editor(s): Morscher, Edgar; Neumaier, O. (Dept. of Philosophy, Universitat Salzburg, Austria); Simons, Peter. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 744.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349655
- ISBN
- 9780792349655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.22
€ 125.22
Hardback. This study concerns a problem which is found in all Jacques Derrida's work, and explains his philosophical thought: a confrontation with the ideas of Husserl and Heidegger. The author traces the reasons behind Derrida's fundamental disagreement with both philosophers. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349693
- ISBN
- 9780792349693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.33
€ 149.33
Hardback. Descartes made a sharp distinction between matter and mind. But he also thought that the two interact with one another. This book defends a dualistic psycho-physical parallel theory which reconciles freedom of action with determinism in nature. It discusses the basic problems in perception theory, with emphasis on hearing and sound. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349921
- ISBN
- 9780792349921
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Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
John Gregory's Writings on Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine
Laurence B. . Ed(S): McCullough
Hardback. Includes John Gregory's "Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician" and on the "Method of Prosecuting Enquiries in Philosophy", and "Lectures on the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician". This title includes an introduction on Gregory's medical ethics and philosophy of medicine. Editor(s): McCullough, Laurence B. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792350002
- ISBN
- 9780792350002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47