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Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Hardback. When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean existence for you or existence for me. In this book, this simple requirement is defended and pursued into its various implications. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351887
- ISBN
- 9780792351887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353249
- ISBN
- 9780792353249
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Condition: New
€ 203.57
€ 203.57
Hardback. An analytic exposition of Brentano's early theory of intentionality. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368601
- ISBN
- 9780792368601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.09
€ 200.09
Hardback. Provides a moderately verificationist account of semantics and an explanation of the idea of conceptual schemes. This book argues that the approach developed can accommodate our commonsense realist intuitions and is also compatible with physicalism and naturalism. It is intended for philosophers at graduate student and advanced level. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368854
- ISBN
- 9780792368854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. While earlier research considered Simone de Beauvoir in the perspectives of Existentialism or Feminism, this work emphasizes her reflective and descriptive approach and the full range of issues she addresses. It provides insight into collective as well as individual human life. Editor(s): O'Brien, Wendy; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370642
- ISBN
- 9780792370642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Hardcover. Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned that the route to the analysis of thought is the analysis of language. Here are bold and deep readings of the subject's history and character, which form the topic of this volume. Editor(s): Weiss, Bernhard (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400697
- ISBN
- 9781137400697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This is a book about evolution - from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of French philosopher Henri Bergson and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical philosophies of the 1960s, and explores the confluences of these ideas with those of complexity theory in environmental biology. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412195
- ISBN
- 9781137412195
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Condition: New
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
Hardcover. A Theory of the Absolute develops a worldview that is opposed to the dominant paradigm of physicalism and atheism. It provides powerful arguments for the existence of the soul and the existence of the Absolute. It shows that faith is not in contradiction to reason. Editor(s): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielenberg, Erik J. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412812
- ISBN
- 9781137412812
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Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival-arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440938
- ISBN
- 9781137440938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Paul Tillich's Philosophical Theology takes up the challenge as to whether his thought remains relevant fifty years after his death. In opposition to those who believe that his writings have little to say to us today, this book argues that his thought is largely exemplary of open theological engagement with the contemporary intellectual situation. Num Pages: 126 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454461
- ISBN
- 9781137454461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardcover. Crossing the boundaries between 'continental' and 'analytic' philosophical approaches, this book proposes a naturalistic revision of the mathematical ontology of Alain Badiou, establishing links with structuralist projects in the philosophy of science and mathematics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463463
- ISBN
- 9781137463463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardback. Translator(s): De Sanctis, Sarah. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472465
- ISBN
- 9781137472465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. Metaphysics and Music in Adorno and Heidegger explains how two notoriously opposed German philosophers share a rethinking of the possibility of metaphysics via notions of music and waiting. This is connected to the historical materialist project of social change by way of the radical Italian composer Luigi Nono. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPCF; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487247
- ISBN
- 9781137487247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Editor(s): McGrath, Sean; Carew, Joseph. Num Pages: 363 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPJ; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137535139
- ISBN
- 9781137535139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.53
€ 139.53
Hardback. Editor(s): Zaibert, Leo. Num Pages: 277 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552778
- ISBN
- 9781137552778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardcover. This book explores the metaphysical assumptions that underlie different interpretations of the relationship between religion and the secular, faith and reason, and transcendence and immanence. It explores different answers to the question of how people of diverse religious and cultural identities can live together peacefully. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553355
- ISBN
- 9781137553355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. Series: The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPN; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556066
- ISBN
- 9781137556066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardback. Approaching Infinity addresses seventeen paradoxes of the infinite, most of which have no generally accepted solutions. The book addresses these paradoxes using a new theory of infinity, which entails that an infinite series is uncompletable when it requires something to possess an infinite intensive magnitude. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137560858
- ISBN
- 9781137560858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.99
€ 138.99
Hardback. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 241 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570680
- ISBN
- 9781137570680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.64
€ 161.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPS; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137588968
- ISBN
- 9781137588968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34