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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352624
- ISBN
- 9780792352624
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€ 236.49
€ 236.49
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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€ 132.70
€ 132.70
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
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€ 201.80
€ 201.80
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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€ 203.51
€ 203.51
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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€ 200.93
€ 200.93
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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€ 197.23
€ 197.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 778 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1889.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 778
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354918
- ISBN
- 9780792354918
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€ 211.22
€ 211.22
Paperback. This text comprises a translation of five lectures delivered in 1907 at the University of Gottingen. In it the author lays out the philosophical problem of knowledge, indicates the requirements for its solution, and introduces the phenomenological method of reduction. Translator(s): Hardy, Lee. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 72 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355007
- ISBN
- 9780792355007
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€ 81.47
€ 81.47
Hardback. Reasoning is an integral part of intelligent systems in fields like databases, logic programming, robotics, knowledge engineering, and human/computer interfaces. This book features topics including logics for reasoning about actions and planning, and belief revision and the reconciliation of logically conflicting inputs. Editor(s): Pareschi, Remo; Fronhofer, Bertram. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355359
- ISBN
- 9780792355359
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€ 133.49
€ 133.49
Hardback. Includes essays which develop the ideas of Kant, Hegel and Husserl, leading to an explication of the fundamental concepts of logic - the concepts of 'judgment', 'truth' and the modalities. This book on philosophy of logic, spans the gap between Kant and Hegel on the one hand, and Husserl, Frege and Lask on the other. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355502
- ISBN
- 9780792355502
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€ 132.50
€ 132.50
Hardback. Provides an interdisciplinary theory that challenges traditional sociology by its superior ability to explain the irrational or unplanned aspects of culture, and it reveals that our society is not as rational as we would like to believe. This book presents an overview of cultural selection theory, including the history of the theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355793
- ISBN
- 9780792355793
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€ 200.35
€ 200.35
Hardback. Represents a comprehensive survey of the field of rational agency. This work covers the philosophical foundations of rational agency, logical and decision-theoretic approaches to rational agency, multi-agent aspects of rational agency, and describes a number of approaches to programming rational agents. Editor(s): Wooldridge, Mike; Rao, Anand. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 759.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356011
- ISBN
- 9780792356011
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€ 202.95
€ 202.95
Hardback. The tableau methodology, invented in the 1950's by Beth and Hintikka and later perfected by Smullyan and Fitting, is one of the popular proof theoretical methodologies. This handbook contains several chapters on the use of tableaux methods in logic. It is suitable for students and researchers in Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence. Editor(s): D'Agostino, Marcello (University of Ferrara, Italy); Gabbay, Dov M.; Hahnle, Reiner; Posegga, Joachim. Num Pages: 670 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1127.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356271
- ISBN
- 9780792356271
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€ 254.25
€ 254.25
Hardback. This volume is a study of the foundations of model-theoretic semantics. Its central thesis is that one does not need to assume a perfect structural fit between languages and their models in order to characterize the basic semantic notions. Series: Topoi Library. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356295
- ISBN
- 9780792356295
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€ 130.79
€ 130.79
Hardback. Attempts to single out those elements in the philosophical system of the Enneads that stand apart from the Platonist tradition. This book shows that what Plotinus had in mind was a quite independent paradigm of metaphysical theology, with at its centre the human person. Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356486
- ISBN
- 9780792356486
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€ 69.11
€ 69.11
Hardback. Intends to ascertain Husserl's philosophical relation to Brentano and certain other Brentanists. This study is intended for historians of philosophy and phenomenology and also to those concerned with the ideal of scientific philosophy. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356844
- ISBN
- 9780792356844
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€ 201.46
€ 201.46
Hardback. In this analysis of Ingarden's epistemology, his theory of intentionality and the general aspects of his ontology are presented in relation to the Husserlian and Brentanian traditions and analyzd with the conceptual tools of contemporary analytical philosophy. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356882
- ISBN
- 9780792356882
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€ 143.28
€ 143.28
Hardback. Husserl lays out the philosophical problem of knowledge, indicates the requirements for its solution and introduces the phenomenological method of reduction. This text gives a glimpse into the epistemological motivation of his work and his concept of intentionality. Translator(s): Hardy, Lee. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 78 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356912
- ISBN
- 9780792356912
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€ 118.59
€ 118.59
Hardback. Traces the unfolding of Levinas' phenomenology into his hermeneutic of subjectivity. This volume shows how the metaphysics of the 'face' and its ethical force must give rise, at the social and political levels, to an enigmatic reference to the third party, which resembles certain transcendental terms in German Idealism. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356943
- ISBN
- 9780792356943
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€ 200.26
€ 200.26
Hardback. What, ultimately, is there good reason to do? Proposing a unified theory of agent-dependent reasons and agent-independent reasons, this work holds that principles which assign reasons to agents are valid only if they make maximally good sense in the light of relevant data and background theories. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357001
- ISBN
- 9780792357001
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Condition: New
€ 131.90
€ 131.90
Hardback. Features essays compassing the views of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Locke, as well as such methodological approaches as the phenomenology of the body, natural law theory, and legal theory. This book explores the theoretical, normative, and historical foundations for alternative policies for procurement and transplantation of human organs. Editor(s): Cherry, Mark J. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 778.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357018
- ISBN
- 9780792357018
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€ 202.01
€ 202.01
Hardback. Based on a study of Rawls' theory of justice, this discussion of obligations to future generations argues that a principle, according to which we must share the environmental resources of the planet with future generations, must be considered to be part of the just basic structure of society. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357568
- ISBN
- 9780792357568
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€ 131.18
€ 131.18
Einstein Meets Magritte - an Interdisciplinary Reflection
. Ed(S): Aerts, Diederik; Broekaert, Jan; Mat...
hardcover. The contributions elaborate on fundamental questions of science, with regard to the contemporary world, and push beyond the borders of traditional approaches. This title presents insights of the speakers of the interdisciplinary Einstein meets Magritte conference (1995, Brussels Free University). Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Broekaert, Jan; Mathijs, Ernest. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357575
- ISBN
- 9780792357575
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€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardback. Evaluates the philosophy of Leo Apostel, who dedicated his life to the investigation of the use of philosophy in everyday life. This book is suitable not only for professional philosophers, but also for students, teachers, academics and those who are interested in the relationship between philosophy and the world. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Belle, Hubert van; Veken, Jan van der. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357605
- ISBN
- 9780792357605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.95
€ 195.95