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Physics & ontology
Empty Names, Fiction and the Puzzles of Non-Existence (Center for the ...
Everett, Anthony, Hofweber, Thomas
Paperback. Contributions of important researchers working in empty names, fiction, and the puzzles of non-existence. Editor(s): Everett, Anthony; Hofweber, Thomas. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Edition
- 73rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862545
- ISBN
- 9781575862545
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
hardcover. Editor(s): Baiasu, Sorin. Series: Routledge Philosophical Minds. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138827486
- ISBN
- 9781138827486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 273.24
€ 273.24
paperback. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty texts, cross examining scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781250084910
- ISBN
- 9781250084910
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. This title explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171525
- ISBN
- 9780300171525
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
hardcover. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022899
- ISBN
- 9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.91
€ 76.91
Paperback. This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199992928
- ISBN
- 9780199992928
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
paperback. This text examines what the concept of truth has come to mean in the philosophical tradition, what is wrong with many of the ways of conceiving truth and why philosophers refuse to confront squarely the question of the value of truth. Coverage spans from the pre-Socratics to the 1990s. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674910911
- ISBN
- 9780674910911
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. First published more than half a century ago, this book contains Simon's answers to the questions - what is the nature of knowledge? what kind of activity is it to know? and what is involved in the development of human knowledge? Translator(s): Kuic, Vukan. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212637
- ISBN
- 9780823212637
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
paperback. This single volume guides provides everything you need to know about Heidegger's Being and Time. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh Univ. Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748627349
- ISBN
- 9780748627349
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Condition: New
€ 25.75
€ 25.75
Hardcover. In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007116
- ISBN
- 9780230007116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Hazlett, Allan. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222335
- ISBN
- 9780230222335
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. What is truth? Philosophers are interested in a range of issues involving the concept of truth beginning with what sorts of things can be true. This is a collection of eighteen new and original research papers on truth and other alethic phenomena by twenty of the most promising young scholars working on truth today. Editor(s): Wright, Cory D.; Pederson, Nikolaj J. L. L. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229983
- ISBN
- 9780230229983
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field. Editor(s): Aguilar, Jesus; Buckareff, Andrei; Frankish, Keith. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230606
- ISBN
- 9780230230606
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Henri Bergson is one of the truly great philosophers of the modernist period, and interest in his work is currently experiencing a major renaissance. This essential book contains Bergson's classic statement that to philosophize is to reverse the habitual directions of our thinking, and his claim that true empiricism amounts to true metaphysics. Editor(s): Kolkman, Michael; Ansell-Pearson, Keith. Series: Henri Bergson Centennial Series. Num Pages: 102 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517233
- ISBN
- 9780230517233
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Condition: New
€ 70.43
€ 70.43
Hardcover. The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental questions in contemporary analytic metaphysics: Could there have been nothing at all? No physical universe, no people, no living beings, no planets, no atoms, no matter, no energy - nothing? Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573635
- ISBN
- 9780230573635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 188 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148306
- ISBN
- 9780231148306
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Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.87
€ 58.89
€ 46.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221454
- ISBN
- 9780312221454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333419076
- ISBN
- 9780333419076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardback. An analysis and discussion of the nature of time and eternity, focusing on the timelessness of God. After considering two theories of time in the light of modern science and philosophy, the author argues for a "process" notion of time. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333563199
- ISBN
- 9780333563199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. This philosophical investigation of time advances two arguments defending the view that "time rolls relentlessly": it discusses the fundamental differences between spatio-temporal location and other physical properties; and tackles the problem, why is the past so much better known than the future? Series: Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333614914
- ISBN
- 9780333614914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78