Philosophy: logic
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Philosophy: logic
Paperback. "Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics"-- Editor(s): Restall, Greg; Russell, Gillian. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; HPM; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251748
- ISBN
- 9780230251748
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€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282568
- ISBN
- 9780230282568
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€ 113.02
€ 113.02
Hardcover. Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both to describe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296671
- ISBN
- 9780230296671
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€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. This book shows that, far from incorporating everything into an all-consuming necessity, Hegel's philosophy requires the novelty of unexpected contingencies to maintain its systematic pretensions. John Burbidge explores how Hegel applied this approach to chemistry, biology, psychology and history, and proposes implications on contemporary science. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPCD; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527522
- ISBN
- 9780230527522
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€ 64.26
€ 64.26
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573635
- ISBN
- 9780230573635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell's two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics, meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 4. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576995
- ISBN
- 9780230576995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.19
€ 112.19
Hardcover. Logic as Universal Science offers a detailed reconstruction of the underlying philosophy in The Principles of Mathematics showing how Russell sought to deliver a death blow to the dominant Kantian view that formal logic is a concise and dry science and unable to enlarge our understanding. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577008
- ISBN
- 9780230577008
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€ 64.55
€ 64.55
"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151566
- ISBN
- 9780231151566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.40€ 49.96
€ 64.40
€ 49.96
Hardback. Philosophers have warned of the peril of a life without reflection. In this comprehensive text, researchers, practitioners and thinkers address the past, present and future of reflective inquiry. They also explore inquiry in a vast array of professions. Editor(s): Lyons, Nona P. Num Pages: 606 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1300.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387857435
- ISBN
- 9780387857435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 361.26
€ 361.26
Stanislaw Lesniewski: Collected Works - Volumes I and II (Nijhoff Inte...
Lesniewski, Stanisaw, Surma, Stanislaw J.
Hardcover. Editor(s): Surma, S.J.; Srzednicki, Jan T.J.; Barnett, D.I. (Flinders University of South Australia, Australia); Rickey, V.F. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1326.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315124
- ISBN
- 9780792315124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 912.41
€ 912.41
Paperback. Presents a treatment of first-order modal logic, together with propositional background. This book covers quantification, including the difference between actualist and possibilist quantifiers; equality, leading to a treatment of Frege's morning star/evening star puzzle; the notion of existence and the logical problems surrounding it; and more. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353355
- ISBN
- 9780792353355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 274.22
€ 274.22
Hardcover. Contains major contributions on Systems of Deduction, Alternatives to Standard First-order Semantics, Algebraic Logic, Basic and Advanced Many-valued Logic. This work is suitable for students and researchers whose work or interests involve philosophical logic and its applications. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz. Series: Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371267
- ISBN
- 9780792371267
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Condition: New
€ 194.18
€ 194.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 237 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974463
- ISBN
- 9780865974463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Hardcover. The book offers a novel approach to the idea of divinity in guise of a philosophical doctrine called 'Logical Pantheism', according to which the only way to establish the existence of God undeniably is by equating God with Logical Space. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280312
- ISBN
- 9781137280312
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. This book picks up the threads of G.E. Moore's philosophy of common sense and relocates it within contemporary discussion, arguing for a return to intuitionism. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349280636
- ISBN
- 9781349280636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors to this volume investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation and presupposition computation. Editor(s): Sauerland, Uli; Stateva, Penka. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFG; HPL; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282067
- ISBN
- 9781349282067
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Condition: New
€ 122.43
€ 122.43
Paperback. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; HPCF; HPL; HPS; PBB; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306732
- ISBN
- 9781349306732
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. A new approach to reading Frege's notations that adheres to the modern view that terms and well-formed formulas are any disjoint syntactic categories. On this new approach, we can at last read Frege's notations in their original form revealing striking new solutions to many of the outstanding problems of interpreting his philosophy. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320257
- ISBN
- 9781349320257
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. An investigatation of the influence of psychology and early phenomenology on the origins of analytic philosophy. This book is also of value for those interested in judgement, proposition, psychologism, logical realism, the problem of error, Gestalt theories, and tropes. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF5; HPJ; HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320974
- ISBN
- 9781349320974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback. The book consists of a series of chapters on Carnap's ideal of explication as an alternative to the naturalistic conceptions of science, setting it in its historical context, discussing specific cases of explications, and enriching the on-going debate on conceptual engineering and naturalism in analytic philosophy. Editor(s): Wagner, P.; Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF5; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328468
- ISBN
- 9781349328468
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Condition: New
€ 122.72
€ 122.72