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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Paperback. Asserts that it is the task of philosophy to provide a map of life and knowledge which exhibits the most important features of life in their proper prominence. This title covers the questions: How am I to conduct my life? What is the nature of art and nature? What is the meaning of religion? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480211
ISBN
9780099480211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A systematic overview of modern metaphysics, covering all of the most important topics in the subject likely to be encountered on a metaphysics course. The emphasis is on contemporary views and issues rather than on the history of metaphysics. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752530
ISBN
9780198752530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.74

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Gottlieb, Anthony. Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415664783
ISBN
9780415664783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Hardback. In More Kinds of Being E.J. Lowe, one of the world's most distinguished contemporary metaphysicians, thoroughly reworks and expands upon the philosophical concepts first put forth in his acclaimed book Kinds of Being (1989). Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405182560
ISBN
9781405182560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.71

Paperback.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253204967
ISBN
9780253204967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hampton Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572738010
ISBN
9781572738010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.72

hardcover. This book addresses whether personal identity is analyzable, with innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories. Editor(s): Gasser, Georg; Stefan, Matthias. Num Pages: 268 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Complex or Simple?. 268 pages. Editor(s): Gasser, Georg; Stefan, Matthias. This book addresses whether personal identity is analyzable, with innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight: 530.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107014442
ISBN
9781107014442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

hardcover. The contributors to this volume discuss and for the most part challenge whether many minds can be wiser than one. Editor(s): Landemore, Helene; Elster, Jon. Num Pages: 418 pages, 17 b/w illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
418
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107010338
ISBN
9781107010338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.21

Paperback. Through an examination of values discourse in the thought of Frederich Nietzsche and the works of Marcel Proust, this book seeks to uncover the genealogy of values discourse. It provides an analysis which deconstructs not only the content but also the form of value discourse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847680627
ISBN
9780847680627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Hardcover. National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?" Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401007
ISBN
9780871401007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. What happens when we glance around a room? How do we trust what we see in fleeting moments? Glancing counts for more of human perception than previously imagined. An entire universe is perceived in a glance, but our quick and uncommitted attention prevents examination of these rapid acts and processes. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 520 pages, 11 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218971
ISBN
9780253218971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.84

Paperback. Virtually no one would deny the extent and intensity of suffering in the world. Can one also consistently hold that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? In Wandering in Darkness, Eleonore Stump argues that the difficult questions raised by the problem of suffering can be considered best in the context of biblical narratives. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 245 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199659302
ISBN
9780199659302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.30

Paperback. As notions of postmodernism and deconstruction have become exceedingly fashionable, scholars have attempted to remake epistemology as a subjectivist enterprise. This book deplores this state of affairs and attempts to correct it by reviving rational metaphysics as well as some of the ideas of the Vienna circle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812696035
ISBN
9780812696035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.44

Paperback. This account of the plurality of values offers an approach, beyond welfare economics and traditional theories of justice, for assessing the ethical limitations of the market. Discussion includes commercial surrogate motherhood and the application of cost-benefit analysis to environmental issues. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674931909
ISBN
9780674931909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Grosz, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485909
ISBN
9780801485909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. A book about how we define knowledge and how we think about moral and political questions. It argues that the systems of knowledge, morality, and politics are rooted in views that are exclusionary. It includes an analysis of the conceptual errors that legitimate domination and the construction of kinds ('genders') of human beings. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592131327
ISBN
9781592131327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. A philosophical argument that rationality is based on, or produced from, difference, and is not only worth retaining but necessary in a culturally diverse world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341956
ISBN
9780822341956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Kim, Jaegwon; Fantl, Jeremy; McGrath, Matthew. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 936 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
936
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169660
ISBN
9781405169660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.79

Paperback. This Volume contains main papers from a conference on epistemology and, in addition, especially invited papers on that topic. The volume contains twenty-three substantial papers by leading figures, who have vcontribut3d papers representative of their current work, plus a book symposium on Knowledge and Lotteries by John Hawthorne. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 14
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119726
ISBN
9781405119726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.70

Hardback. Explaining the nature of knowledge, this book presents an account of the author's views on epistemic normativity as a form of performance normativity on two levels. It shows how experience should be understood if it is to figure in the epistemic competence that must be manifest in the truth of any belief apt enough to constitute knowledge. Series: Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143972
ISBN
9780691143972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 40.56

Paperback. This book collects cutting edge essays on epistemic agency and related topics by distinguished senior contributors to epistemology, as well as rising figures in the field. The assembly of scholars is impressive, as is reflected by the quality and range of their contributions.

Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118825761
ISBN
9781118825761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.07

Paperback. This book contains the systematic results of the authors work with the methods of Goethe and Steiner (whom he knew personally). In this unique study, Lehrs addresses himself to anyonewith or without a specialized scientific trainingconcerned with developing the human power of cognition in the present time. Editor(s): Thomas, Nick; Bortoft, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 219 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855843899
ISBN
9781855843899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. What is the connection between experience and knowledge? In this study, Evan Fales defends the contested idea that sense experience can be used to justify basic beliefs. He argues that basic beliefs are often only probable, rather than infallible. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683062
ISBN
9780847683062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Elliott, Kevin C.; Richards, Ted. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; PDA; PDK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190467722
ISBN
9780190467722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.12

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