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Philosophy: metaScience & Technology
paperback. This book combines insights developed by philosophers of the social sciences with the writings of historians to offer a unique perspective touching on a wide range of topics, from the French and Chinese revolutions to agriculture and the industrial age. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733091
- ISBN
- 9789400733091
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. This book construes activity and passivity not as reciprocally exclusive terms but as mutually dependent moments of acts of consciousness. It claims that passivity makes it such that the sphere of ownness is always already alterated or infiltrated by alienness. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732483
- ISBN
- 9789400732483
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. Infinite regress arguments are part of a philosopher's tool kit. But how sharp or strong is this tool? The author has collected and evaluated a host of infinite regress arguments, comparing and contrasting many of the formal and non-formal properties. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731516
- ISBN
- 9789400731516
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. Singular reference is a crucial philosophical topic. This book explains in detail why in the past some philosophers favored a descriptivist approach to this matter and why in more recent times others support a referentialist standpoint. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; HPJ; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730984
- ISBN
- 9789400730984
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€ 185.89
€ 185.89
Paperback. This inquiry into the philosophical concern with truth as one joint subject in the philosophy of language and metaphysics presents a theory of truth called substantive perspectivism (SP), which argues for the substantive nature of non-linguistic truth. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPD; HPJ; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730434
- ISBN
- 9789400730434
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. This book offers a revolutionary new understanding of the boundaries between self and environment, showing how external environments transform human values and identifying ways in which values located in self and society are transferred to the environment. Editor(s): Brady, Emily; Phemister, Pauline. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728240
- ISBN
- 9789400728240
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Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. Written by the foremost authorities on structural realism, this volume grapples with questions such as 'what is structure?' and 'what is an object?' The most recent advances in the field are presented, including the intersection of mathematical structuralism and structural realism. Editor(s): Landry, Elaine; Rickles, Dean. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725782
- ISBN
- 9789400725782
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Condition: New
€ 154.49
€ 154.49
Hardback. Culled from a set of expert dialogues delivered by specialists at a conference in 2009, this volume addresses various topics in Mendelssohn's mathematics and philosophy, including analysis of his discussions with Spinoza, Wolff Baumgarten, Lambert, and Kant. Editor(s): Munk, Reinier W. (Leiden University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724501
- ISBN
- 9789400724501
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Condition: New
€ 187.76
€ 187.76
Hardback. Taking Heidegger as its guiding philosophy, this book develops a much-needed philosophical foundation to the field of management as an academic discipline. It tackles two fundamental questions: 'What is a corporation?' and 'what is corporate management?' Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JNK; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400718746
- ISBN
- 9789400718746
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€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardback. This critical analysis of all the classic logical paradoxes, both ancient and modern, systematically surveys different approaches, introduces original solutions to many prominent paradoxes, and assesses the role played by paradoxes in philosophy and ontology. Translator(s): Gensler, Marek. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 196 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400714755
- ISBN
- 9789400714755
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Condition: New
€ 122.52
€ 122.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Dieks, Dennis; Gonzalez, Wenceslao J.; Hartmann, Stephan; Uebel, Thomas E.; Weber, Marcel. Series: The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective. Num Pages: 548 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 979.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400711792
- ISBN
- 9789400711792
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Condition: New
€ 273.82
€ 273.82
Hardback. Literature seeks threads of "the sense of life", "the inward quest", "the frames of experience" in reaching the inward sources of 'destiny'. This unusual collection reveals the deeper generative elements which form a sense of life stretching between destiny and doom. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400707726
- ISBN
- 9789400707726
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€ 187.44
€ 187.44
Hardback. This book offers readers a critical assessment of transcendentalism, defined as the understanding of consciousness structured as a system of a priori laws of the mind. It shows how the work of philosophers such as Kant and Husserl informed later thinkers. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 740 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1268.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 740
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400706231
- ISBN
- 9789400706231
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Condition: New
€ 244.17
€ 244.17
Classic Issues in Islamic Philosophy and Theology Today
. Ed(S): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Muhtaroglu...
Paperback. This collection of studies presents classic issues of Islamic theology and philosophy from a contemporary perspective. As a result, this work renews the precious ties between Islamic and Western thinkers that were formed in the Middle Ages and then disrupted. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa; Muhtaroglu, Nazif. Series: Islamic Philosophy & Occidental Phenomenology in Dialogue. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400705371
- ISBN
- 9789400705371
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Condition: New
€ 123.56
€ 123.56
Paperback. The author of this book offers a uniquely comprehensive and documented history of theories of the atom from Democritus to the twentieth century. He has drawn on the results of his own scholarly research as well as that of others to produce a challenging work. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400705333
- ISBN
- 9789400705333
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Condition: New
€ 125.46
€ 125.46
Paperback. The international contributions in this volume demonstrate the absence of cultural barriers to the study of phenomenology, a philosophy that has transformed our view of the world. The book covers Husserl's key concepts as well as the movement's new directions. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 755 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 212 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1870.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 755
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400704725
- ISBN
- 9789400704725
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Condition: New
€ 364.60
€ 364.60
Hardback. In recent decades, there has been much controversy over the basic ontological commitments of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. This volume brings together papers from many of the leading scholars of Leibniz's thought, all of which deal with the cluster of questions surrounding Leibniz's philosophy of body. Editor(s): Smith, Justin E. H.; Nachtomy, Ohad. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400700406
- ISBN
- 9789400700406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardback. This book combines insights developed by philosophers of the social sciences with the writings of historians to offer a unique perspective touching on a wide range of topics, from the French and Chinese revolutions to agriculture and the industrial age. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1160.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048194094
- ISBN
- 9789048194094
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Condition: New
€ 126.84
€ 126.84
Hardcover. This book treats art as a unique thread in human communication, a medium that carries the significance of human life and sustains history and culture. The reader takes away a creative experience that transmutes and transforms. Editor(s): Coohill, Patricia Trutty. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPN; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048191598
- ISBN
- 9789048191598
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Condition: New
€ 194.45
€ 194.45
Hardback. This anthology furthers discussion about the relationship between ontology in philosophy and ontology in information technology. It fills a gap in cutting-edge research on ontology in both fields, supplying stage-setting overview articles on history and method. Editor(s): Poli, Dr. Roberto; Healy, Michael; Kameas, Achilles. Num Pages: 576 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; UNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1006.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048188468
- ISBN
- 9789048188468
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Condition: New
€ 197.07
€ 197.07
Hardback. This book shows how TIL lends itself to a broad range of applications. It comprises logical analysis of natural language, artificial-intelligence methods of knowledge representation, multi-agent systems in computer science, philosophy of mathematics, and more. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 563 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; GPJ; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010
- Number of pages
- 563
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048188116
- ISBN
- 9789048188116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.17
€ 258.17
Hardback. Plato's concept of the world as a cosmic living being, possessed of a soul, was vital to the Stoic and Neo-Platonic philosophers, but faded with the rise of Leibniz and the rationalists. This book discusses how and why the German Romantics of the late 1700s and early 1800s came back to embrace the existence of the world soul. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048187959
- ISBN
- 9789048187959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.92
€ 225.92
Paperback. This updated book offers one of the first sustained philosophical analyses of cultural phenomena in the Anglo-American tradition. Special attention is given to ontology and methodology, and there is wide-ranging coverage of pertinent and leading views. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HPS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048185054
- ISBN
- 9789048185054
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Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. This book offers new insights into the structure of collective intentionality. It shows that this line of research opens up new perspectives on classical topics in the history of social philosophy and social science. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 283 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 439.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048185023
- ISBN
- 9789048185023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35