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Physics & ontology

Hardcover. Surveying new directions of research and development in the interdisciplinary framework where ontologies and lexical resources intersect, this book deals with the complex relation between lexicons (in different languages) and the underlying ontological model. Editor(s): Oltramari, Alessandro; Vossen, Piek; Qin, Lu; Hovy, Eduard. Series: Theory and Applications of Natural Language Processing. Num Pages: 297 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFX; HPJ; PBW; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642317811
ISBN
9783642317811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Hardcover. 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: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222328
ISBN
9780230222328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.77

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Hardback. 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: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580602
ISBN
9780230580602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardback. 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: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580701
ISBN
9780230580701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardback. This text offers a resolution of one of the most vexing problems in Nietzsche scholarship: how can an antifoundationalist philosophy avoid vicious relativism and legitimate its claim to provide a platform for the critique of arguments, practices, and institutions? Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215535
ISBN
9780520215535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.15
€ 46.08

Paperback. This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against scientism and scepticism, this book links eliminative materialism and speculative realism. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230522053
ISBN
9780230522053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.42

Hardcover. Peter Wilkin looks in particular at the philosophical basis of Noam Chomsky's social and political thought, especially his ideal about power, knowledge and human nature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669167
ISBN
9780333669167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.27
€ 96.32

Paperback. Argues that 'nobility of spirit' is the quintessence of a civilized world. This book identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own times; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158533
ISBN
9780300158533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.79

hardcover. Nelson Goodman's disparate writings are often considered separately. This book argues that the separate disciplines of ontology, epistemology and aesthetics should been seen as sequential, interdependent steps within his thought. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
2009th Edition
SKU
V9781402099304
ISBN
9781402099304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.22

Paperback. Nelson Goodman's disparate writings are often considered separately. This book argues that the separate disciplines of ontology, epistemology and aesthetics should been seen as sequential, interdependent steps within his thought. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048182237
ISBN
9789048182237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792324614
ISBN
9780792324614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.54

Paperback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048143191
ISBN
9789048143191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.50

Paperback. Featuring critical assessments of Belnap's work, and a paper by the celebrated philosopher himself on case-intensional first order logic, this selection of original research on a much-debated topic charts his impact on the discussion and builds on his ideas. Editor(s): Muller, Thomas. Series: Outstanding Contributions to Logic. Num Pages: 415 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319349459
ISBN
9783319349459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Behar, Katherine. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517901097
ISBN
9781517901097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

hardcover. This is an exploration and reassessment of the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relation as a thing of diminished being, this book views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736763
ISBN
9780804736763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.33

Hardback. Translator(s): Valgenti, Robert T. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFP; HPCF7; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166966
ISBN
9780231166966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Book. Raymond Tallis goes in search of the nature and meaning of time and argues with characteristic fearlessness that our temporal lives are ill-served by the mathematized account of time presented by physics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Agenda Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911116219
ISBN
9781911116219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

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