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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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€ 251.76
€ 251.76
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
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792323426
- ISBN
- 9780792323426
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€ 201.94
€ 201.94
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
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792323648
- ISBN
- 9780792323648
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€ 129.13
€ 129.13
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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€ 252.18
€ 252.18
Hardback. Develops a novel defense of Platonism, arguing, first, that abstracta - nonqualitative haecceities - are needed to explain concreta's being diverse at a time; and second, that unexemplified haecceities are then required to accommodate the full range of cases in which there are possible worlds containing individuals not present in the actual world. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. 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
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324386
- ISBN
- 9780792324386
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€ 199.37
€ 199.37
Paperback. Provides an account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. This book provides an account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. It considers the implications for medical practice. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324430
- ISBN
- 9780792324430
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€ 195.04
€ 195.04
Hardback. Issues surrounding the status and nature of "nonexistent objects" constitue one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets. In this book, Perszyk takes readers through this thicket, informed both historically and at the level of contemporary discussion of relevant themes. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324614
- ISBN
- 9780792324614
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€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Much of contemporary philosophy, political theory, and social thought has been shaped directly or indirectly by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This volume explores these in favor of a non-metaphysical reading of Hegel's arguments. It also shows how the foundations of his political thought support a liberal democratic state. Editor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Pinkard, Terry P. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326298
- ISBN
- 9780792326298
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€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Hardback. The essays contained in this volume attempt to ground philosophy of the Sacred and the Divine in phenomenological evidence. They register the contribution of A-T. Tymieniecka's phenomenology of life in providing a significant 20th-century vision for the accomplishment of this task. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 687.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326908
- ISBN
- 9780792326908
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€ 201.14
€ 201.14
Hardback. Since the 1960s, comparisons have been made between Frege's semantic views and Husserl's theory of intentional acts concerning the foundations of logic and mathematics. This book brings together a number of articles by well-known authors and gives a survey of recent developments in the field. Editor(s): Haaparanta, Leila. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327035
- ISBN
- 9780792327035
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€ 133.49
€ 133.49
Hardback. Provides an English translation of "Lectura" I 39, a key text of the medieval theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, together with an introduction and a commentary. Scotus was the first scholar to develop a consistent analysis of the basic Christian notions of "contingency" and "freedom". Editor(s): Jaczn, Anthonie Vos; Veldhuis, Henri; Looman-Graaskamp, Aline H.; Dekker, E.; Bok, Nico W. den. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327073
- ISBN
- 9780792327073
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€ 131.83
€ 131.83
Hardback. An interdisciplinary study reflecting the emergence of various particular forms of 'phenomenological philosophy of ..'. This book includes fields such as psychology, social sciences and history, as well as environmental philosophy, ethnic studies, religion and even practical disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, politics, and technology. Editor(s): Daniel, Mano; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327929
- ISBN
- 9780792327929
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€ 201.02
€ 201.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Waithe, Mary Ellen. Series: History of Women Philosophers. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 901.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328070
- ISBN
- 9780792328070
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€ 259.54
€ 259.54
Hardback. A collection of essays in appreciation, analysis and honor of Paul Ziff, one of the leading American philosophers of the post-World War II period. It addresses questions that loomed large in Ziff's own work. It contains essays by Zeno Vendler, Jay Rosenberg, and Tom Patton who address topics in philosophy of language. Editor(s): Jamieson, Dale. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328100
- ISBN
- 9780792328100
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€ 198.55
€ 198.55
Hardback. This volume brings together a number of scholarly studies on the definition, assessment and measurement of human quality of life. The book contains fundamental analyses of basic concepts such as welfare, well-being, happiness and quality of life itself. Editor(s): Nordenfelt, Lennart. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328247
- ISBN
- 9780792328247
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€ 255.09
€ 255.09
Hardback. Deals with the question of moral theory. The author delineates a fresh route along which the philosophical question of justification raised in the analytic tradition can be answered on the basis of phenomenology. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328919
- ISBN
- 9780792328919
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€ 128.00
€ 128.00
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328988
- ISBN
- 9780792328988
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€ 200.42
€ 200.42
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329091
- ISBN
- 9780792329091
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€ 132.82
€ 132.82
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329251
- ISBN
- 9780792329251
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€ 195.10
€ 195.10
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329305
- ISBN
- 9780792329305
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€ 195.44
€ 195.44
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329619
- ISBN
- 9780792329619
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€ 200.09
€ 200.09
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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€ 135.13
€ 135.13
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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€ 202.52
€ 202.52
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.39
€ 258.39