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Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485345
- ISBN
- 9781349485345
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€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. Combining a fresh, previously unexplored view of the subject with a detailed overview of the past and ongoing philosophical discussion on the matter, this book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by seeking an answer to the questions of how it can be explained, and how communication is possible despite it. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398437
- ISBN
- 9781137398437
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€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046112
- ISBN
- 9780226046112
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Editor(s): Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1022.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231417
- ISBN
- 9780631231417
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Condition: New
€ 133.70
€ 133.70
Paperback. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Editor(s): Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231424
- ISBN
- 9780631231424
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Condition: New
€ 49.79
€ 49.79
Paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048143122
- ISBN
- 9789048143122
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Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Hardback. Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642394423
- ISBN
- 9783642394423
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Condition: New
€ 64.25
€ 64.25
Hardcover. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221215
- ISBN
- 9780230221215
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. 232 pages, black & white illustrations. How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230227958
- ISBN
- 9780230227958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Hardback. The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, None. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618309
- ISBN
- 9780748618309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.30€ 127.73
€ 133.30
€ 127.73
Paperback. This historically-informed critical assessment of Dummett's account of abstract objects, examines in detail some of the Fregean presuppositions of Dummett's account whilst also engaging with phenomenological approaches and recent work on the problem of abstract entities. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCF; HPCF5; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330324
- ISBN
- 9781349330324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
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.
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- 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
Hardcover. This volume looks at how intonation varies among speakers and societies in terms of age, sex and region, how it interacts with grammar and how it has been invoked to explain certain questions of logic. Num Pages: 484 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 37. Weight in Grams: 849.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715355
- ISBN
- 9780804715355
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Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Paperback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058414
- ISBN
- 9789401058414
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Condition: New
€ 121.72
€ 121.72
hardcover. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1983rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027714749
- ISBN
- 9789027714749
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Condition: New
€ 190.56
€ 190.56
hardcover. This book revisits and updates the concept of linguistic ecology, outlining applications to a variety of contact situations worldwide. Editor(s): Ludwig, Ralph; Pagel, Steve; Muhlhausler, Peter. Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact. Num Pages: 410 pages, 46 b/w illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- New
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107041356
- ISBN
- 9781107041356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
paperback. This textbook provides an introduction to language typology which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b/w illus. 35 exercises. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 246 x 16. Weight in Grams: 644. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics. 320 pages, 11 b/w illus. 35 exercises. This textbook provides an introduction to language typology which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 16. Weight: 666.
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- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521152624
- ISBN
- 9780521152624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.74
€ 35.99
€ 34.74
Hardback. Illustrates how second-language acquisition (SLA) data can instigate linguistic exploration and help inform linguistic and acquisition theory. The work also aims to further understanding of the relationship between FLA and SLA, universal grammar and the target-language input. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324638
- ISBN
- 9780792324638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
paperback. This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; KCA; KCB; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349312672
- ISBN
- 9781349312672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback. In order to determine whether two participants in a discussion are in real dis/agreement, one must compare their propositions. Comparison presupposes yardsticks in common. This work thematises such yardsticks, demonstrating the existence, content and factual significance of a well-delimited set of proposition types and proposition patterns. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 631 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014901
- ISBN
- 9781402014901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.93
€ 126.93
Hardcover. This volume contains 11 papers by an international group of researchers which address a well-recognized and central issue concerning the most fundamental formal aspects of syntactic theory: the distinction between derivation and representation. Editor(s): Epstein, Samuel; Seely, Prof T D (Eastern Michigan University USA). Series: Generative Syntax. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227328
- ISBN
- 9780631227328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Hardback. Based on the foundation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus and related writings of Bertrand Russell, Truth and Knowledge explores the basic problems of knowledge through the process of developing a theory of truth, uniquely the author's own. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HP; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802686
- ISBN
- 9780761802686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Hardback. The Logic of Metaphor uses techniques from possible worlds semantics to provide formal truth-conditions for many grammatical classes of metaphors. This book treats lexicon as a conceptual network with semantics provided by an intensional predicate calculus. It shows how to extend deductive and adductive inference systems so as to handle metaphors. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370048
- ISBN
- 9780792370048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFX; HPL; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048157129
- ISBN
- 9789048157129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61