Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
paperback. This basic introduction to the philosophical inquiry into the fundamental questions of human knowing features a range of carefully designed study questions. Num Pages: 180 pages, appendices, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823214860
- ISBN
- 9780823214860
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€ 44.99€ 40.31
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paperback. Gives a concise summary of the Enlightenment period, demonstrating how and why Rationalism and Empiricism came about, and challenges the reader not to simply note the points of disparity between the two schools, but to notice the similarities of their common assumptions - both substantive and methodological. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823214921
- ISBN
- 9780823214921
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€ 44.99€ 40.31
€ 44.99
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The Principles of History. And Other Writings in Philosophy of History...
Collingwood, R. G.. Ed(S): Dussen, W. J. Van ...
Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199243150
- ISBN
- 9780199243150
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€ 80.95
€ 80.95
paperback. "Conquest of Abundance" was prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at the author's death, working notes, lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress. It offers up exploration and insights with the charm, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks. Editor(s): Terpstra, Bert. Num Pages: 290 pages, 15 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226245348
- ISBN
- 9780226245348
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€ 27.99€ 21.36
€ 27.99
€ 21.36
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227680049
- ISBN
- 9780227680049
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€ 54.49
€ 54.49
Hardcover. In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007116
- ISBN
- 9780230007116
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€ 64.51
€ 64.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013261
- ISBN
- 9780230013261
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€ 90.64€ 77.14
€ 90.64
€ 77.14
Paperback. Duncan Pritchard offers students not only a new exploration of topics central to current epistemological debate, but also a new way of doing epistemology. This advanced textbook covers such key topics as virtue epistemology, anti-luck epistemology, epistemological disjunctivism and attributer contextualism. Series: Palgrave Philosophy Today. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019447
- ISBN
- 9780230019447
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€ 50.87€ 24.01
€ 50.87
€ 24.01
Hardcover. Many assume falsely that religious disagreements engage rules of evidence presentation and belief justification radically different than the ordinary disagreements people have every day, whether those religious disagreements are in Sri Lanka between Hindus and Buddhists or in the Middle East among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111905
- ISBN
- 9780230111905
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€ 92.39
€ 92.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113800
- ISBN
- 9780230113800
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€ 87.63
€ 87.63
Hardcover. A re-examination of certain epistemic features of belief, which challenges current ideas and provides a unified and coherent picture of the epistemology of belief. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201460
- ISBN
- 9780230201460
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€ 50.87€ 47.35
€ 50.87
€ 47.35
Hardcover. Duncan Pritchard offers students not only a new exploration of topics central to current epistemological debate, but also a new way of doing epistemology. This advanced textbook covers such key topics as virtue epistemology, anti-luck epistemology, epistemological disjunctivism and attributer contextualism. Series: Palgrave Philosophy Today. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230484
- ISBN
- 9780230230484
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€ 50.87€ 45.23
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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
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€ 50.87€ 35.01
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Hardcover. In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'. 224 pages, 4 tables, 7 figures. In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240995
- ISBN
- 9780230240995
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Condition: New
€ 92.16
€ 92.16
Hardcover. Constructive empiricism is not just a view regarding the aim of science; it is also a view regarding the epistemological framework in which one should debate the aim of science. This is the focus of this book -- not with scientific truth, but with how one should argue about scientific truth. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247536
- ISBN
- 9780230247536
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€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Hardcover. This book offers a series of critical commentaries on, and forced encounters between, different thinkers. At stake in this philosophical and psychoanalytical enquiry is the drawing of a series of diagrams of the finite/infinite relation, and the mapping out of the contours for a speculative and pragmatic production of subjectivity. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249806
- ISBN
- 9780230249806
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€ 69.39
€ 69.39
Hardcover. Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251618
- ISBN
- 9780230251618
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Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
Hardcover. This book addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth, manifest in sceptical relativism. Contending that all contemporary theories of truth are too narrow, it argues for a novel conception of truth, by showing how error is implicated in the actions of all living things; and by analyzing uses of 'true' in non-linguistic contexts. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297852
- ISBN
- 9780230297852
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Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 43.83
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Hardcover. The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308459
- ISBN
- 9780230308459
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Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. Any attempt to help us reason in more accurate ways faces a problem: While we acknowledge that others stand to benefit from intellectual advice, each and every one of us tends to consider ourselves an exception, on account of overconfidence. The solution? Accept a form of epistemic paternalism. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347892
- ISBN
- 9780230347892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59