Philosophy of mind
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Philosophy of mind
hardcover. Offers a philosophical theory of cooperation. This book analyzes the varieties of cooperation, making use of the crucial distinction between group-mode and individual-mode cooperation. It also shows some of the drawbacks of the standard game-theoretical treatments of cooperation and presents a survey of cooperation research in neighbouring fields. Series: Philosophical Studies S. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362012
- ISBN
- 9780792362012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.80
€ 279.80
Hardback. The problem of misrepresentation is one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind. Here, the author criticizes the way all contemporary theories of mental representation seek to account for misrepresentation, concluding that it cannot be explained naturistically. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1820.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362159
- ISBN
- 9780792362159
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Condition: New
€ 195.05
€ 195.05
Hardback. The debate in cognitive science, from robotics to analysis of vision, deals with problems like the perception of form, the structure and formation of mental images and their modelling, the ecological development of artificial intelligence, and cognitive analysis of natural language. This book presents some of the theories from Central Europe. Editor(s): Albertazzi, Liliana. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367994
- ISBN
- 9780792367994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.41
€ 193.41
Hardback. Makes a contribution to philosophical debates on the nature of personal identity and the reducibility of the mind. This book traces traditional problems facing psychological continuity theories of personal identity to the ease with which theorists of personal identity adopt and apply a sometimes naive physicalism about the mind. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369783
- ISBN
- 9780792369783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardback. Features a comparison between holism in the philosophy and language and social holism on the one hand and holism about space-time and quantum systems on the other hand. This book claims that holism in the humanities and holism in fundamental physics come under the same substantial, general conception of holism. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370031
- ISBN
- 9780792370031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.35
€ 193.35
Hardback. Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest. This book explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved. It examines questions which speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379362
- ISBN
- 9780792379362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Hardcover. Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025517
- ISBN
- 9781137025517
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Condition: New
€ 65.33
€ 65.33
Hardcover. What is depiction? A new answer is given to this venerable question by providing a syncretistic theory of depiction that tries to combine the merits of the previous theories on the matter while dropping their defects. Thus, not only perceptual, but also both conventional and causal factors contribute in making something a picture of something else. Num Pages: 284 pages, 67. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263285
- ISBN
- 9781137263285
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; HPM; JMTD; MMZS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268730
- ISBN
- 9781137268730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
hardcover. Philosophy of mind is one of the core disciplines in philosophy. The questions that it deals with are profound, vexed and intriguing. This volume of 15 new cutting-edge essays gives young researchers a chance to stir up new ideas. The topics covered include the nature of consciousness, cognition, and action. Editor(s): Sprevak, Mark; Kallestrup, Jesper. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286710
- ISBN
- 9781137286710
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Condition: New
€ 123.59
€ 123.59
Paperback. Philosophy of mind is one of the core disciplines in philosophy. The questions that it deals with are profound, vexed and intriguing. This volume of 15 new cutting-edge essays gives young researchers a chance to stir up new ideas. The topics covered include the nature of consciousness, cognition, and action. Editor(s): Sprevak, Mark; Kallestrup, Jesper. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286727
- ISBN
- 9781137286727
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Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79
Hardcover. Thinking about Religion examines cutting-edge breakthroughs from across the sciences concluding that religion persists because the mind is primed for faith, ready to grasp and fiercely defend beliefs that make sense but defy logic. Series Editor(s): Wielenberg, Erik J.; Nagasawa, Yujin. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324740
- ISBN
- 9781137324740
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Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardback. As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to luck. This book presents a comprehensive new theory of luck in light of a critical appraisal of the literature's leading accounts, then brings this new theory to bear on issues in the theory of knowledge and philosophy of action. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326096
- ISBN
- 9781137326096
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventing far-fetched scenario or 'thought experiments', it is better to utilize a rich but under-used clinical resource. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329318
- ISBN
- 9781137329318
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Human Agency and Neural Causes provides an analysis of our everyday thought about our conduct, and the neuroscience research concerning voluntary agency. J.D. Runyan argues that our findings through neuroscience are consistent with what would be expected if we are, in fact, voluntary agents. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JML; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329486
- ISBN
- 9781137329486
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€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardcover. People believe in a great many things; and yet most of us know almost nothing about why other people believe what they do, or indeed about how it feels to believe it. This book presents an objective method for understanding and comparing belief systems - irrespective of whether the investigator happens to agree with them. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346360
- ISBN
- 9781137346360
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Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
In Defense of Intuitions: A New Rationalist Manifesto
Chapman, Andrew, Ellis, Addison, Hanna, Rober...
Hardcover. A reply to contemporary skepticism about intuitions and a priori knowledge, and a defense of neo-rationalism from a contemporary Kantian standpoint, focusing on the theory of rational intuitions and on solving the two core problems of justifying and explaining them. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347930
- ISBN
- 9781137347930
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Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. Rules and Dispositions in Language Use explains how correct language use is governed by both rules and general human dispositions. It does so by bringing together themes from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Noam Chomsky, which for many years have been thought to be incompatible. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358592
- ISBN
- 9781137358592
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Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. The enactive approach replaces the classical computer metaphor of mind with emphasis on embodiment and social interaction as the sources of our goals and concerns. Researchers from a range of disciplines unite to address the challenge of how to account for the more uniquely human aspects of cognition, including the abstract and the nonsensical. Editor(s): Cappuccio, Massimiliano; Froese, Tom. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363350
- ISBN
- 9781137363350
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Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Hardcover. Using the work of Wittgenstein, John Heaton challenges the notion of theoretical expertise on the mind, arguing for a new understanding of therapy as an attempt by patients to express themselves in an effort to see and say what has not been said or seen, and accept that the world is not as fixed as they are constituting it. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367686
- ISBN
- 9781137367686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12