Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138690394
- ISBN
- 9781138690394
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€ 51.54
€ 51.54
Paperback. In Truth and the Past, Dummett, best known as a proponent of antirealism, clarifies his current positions on the metaphysical issue of realism and the philosophy of language. His three John Dewey Lectures were delivered at Columbia University in the spring of 2002. Revised and expanded, the lectures are presented here along with two new essays. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy S. 136 pages. In Truth and the Past, Dummett, best known as a proponent of antirealism, clarifies his current positions on the metaphysical issue of realism and the philosophy of language. His three John Dewey Lectures were delivered at Columbia University in the spring of 2002. Revised and expanded, the lectures are presented here along with two new essays. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 7. Weight: 166.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131773
- ISBN
- 9780231131773
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€ 37.07
€ 37.07
Paperback. Contemporary philosophy of science has paid close attention to the understanding of scientific practice, in contrast to the previous focus on scientific method. This work shows the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. It argues that the only feasible explanation of any scientific success is a historical account. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844674428
- ISBN
- 9781844674428
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€ 21.99€ 20.60
€ 21.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. A new translation and edition of the founding text of modern hermeneutics. Editor(s): Bowie, Andrew. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HRCG3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 48. And Other Writings. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. 328 pages. Editor(s): Bowie, Andrew. A new translation and edition of the founding text of modern hermeneutics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HRCG3. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight: 514.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
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- New
- SKU
- V9780521598484
- ISBN
- 9780521598484
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€ 45.38
€ 45.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415610179
- ISBN
- 9780415610179
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€ 24.99€ 23.99
€ 24.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. In this original introduction to epistemology, Michael Williams explains and criticizes traditional philosophical theories of the nature, limits, methods, possibility, and value of knowing. All the main contemporary perspectives are explored and questioned, and the author's own theories are put forward. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192892560
- ISBN
- 9780192892560
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€ 103.84
€ 103.84
Hardback. Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199828074
- ISBN
- 9780199828074
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€ 32.99€ 23.15
€ 32.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. Constructs a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. This book weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defences, and objections. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195189537
- ISBN
- 9780195189537
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€ 50.99€ 50.58
€ 50.99
€ 50.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415996877
- ISBN
- 9780415996877
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Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Paperback. Offers a framework upon which the whole of modern philosophy is based. This book presents an investigation into the nature of human reason, its knowledge and illusions. It brings together the two opposing schools of philosophy: rationalism, which grounds our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces our knowledge to experience. Translator(s): Weigelt, Marcus. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447477
- ISBN
- 9780140447477
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€ 25.99€ 17.70
€ 25.99
€ 17.70
Paperback. Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure our relationships with others. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656366
- ISBN
- 9780745656366
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€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. The Enquiry considers the origin and processes of human thought and argues that we should liberate ourselves from the 'superstition' of false metaphysics and religion. This edition places the work in its historical and philosophical context. Editor(s): Millican, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549900
- ISBN
- 9780199549900
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€ 14.99€ 12.32
€ 14.99
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Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151573
- ISBN
- 9780231151573
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€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Hardback. Failure is a book that seeks to make science more appealing by exposing its faults. In this sequel to Ignorance, Stuart Firestein shows us that scientific enterprise is riddled with failures, and that this is not only necessary but good. Num Pages: 304 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199390106
- ISBN
- 9780199390106
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€ 30.99€ 25.74
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Paperback. Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work, by one of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished voices, pursues recognition through its various philosophical guises and meanings. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Series: Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025646
- ISBN
- 9780674025646
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Condition: New
€ 44.98
€ 44.98
Paperback. John Lemos' "Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism" offers an up-to-date introduction to free will (and associated) debates in an engaging, dialogic format that recommends it for use by beginning students in philosophy as well as by undergraduates in intermediate courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and action theory. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603849302
- ISBN
- 9781603849302
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1030
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 49615th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202573
- ISBN
- 9780872202573
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€ 48.99€ 34.52
€ 48.99
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Paperback. What don't we know, and why don't we know it? What keeps ignorance alive, or allows it to be used as a political instrument? This book provides a theoretical perspective to broaden traditional questions about "how we know" to ask: Why don't we know what we don't know? It shows that ignorance is often more than just an absence of knowledge. Editor(s): Proctor, Robert; Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 table, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759014
- ISBN
- 9780804759014
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.25
€ 34.99
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paperback.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521398381
- ISBN
- 9780521398381
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€ 41.99€ 39.24
€ 41.99
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Paperback. * This is a re-issue of a classic book by one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. * While written as a critique of Husserl s phenomenology, this book is at the same time a much broader critique of philosophy and epistemology. Translator(s): Domingo, Willis. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745665382
- ISBN
- 9780745665382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94