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Paperback. This collection is devoted to Gilbert Ryle's philosophy of mind and language. It features essays from prominent scholars on the topics of category mistakes, hypotheticals, dispositions, emotion, thinking, perception, and the task achievement distinction." Editor(s): Dolby, David. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348176
ISBN
9781349348176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349516919
ISBN
9781349516919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Araszkiewicz, Michal; Banas, Pawel; Gizbert-Studnicki, Prof. Tomasz; Pleszka, Krzysztof. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 483 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
483
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319381749
ISBN
9783319381749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.99

Paperback. Paul Grice's theory of conversation is central, core study for linguistics students. This work uses unpublished work to assess Grice's other philosophical work - he was in the circle of Austin and Strawson at Oxford, UK and was a colleague of Searle at Berkeley, USA. It also includes a description of Grice's character and life. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230206939
ISBN
9780230206939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.84

hardcover. This work provides a detailed treatment of the syntax of focusing particles in a cross-linguistic perspective. Although the theory is developed mainly on the basis of the head position in German, it can be used to explain constraints of Wh-in-situ in Bengali and other languages. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2BMB; CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
1996th Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792337522
ISBN
9780792337522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.83

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398437
ISBN
9781137398437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Capone, Alessandro; Poggi, Francesca. Series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319303833
ISBN
9783319303833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.59

Paperback. Questioning the role of the human voice within the field of philosophy this text examines philosopher Stanley Cavell's viewpoint, the relation between his pervasive authorial voice and his equally powerful, though less discernible, impulse to produce a set of usable philosophical methods. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305639
ISBN
9780226305639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Matilal, Bimal Krishna; Chakrabarti, A. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPD; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048142873
ISBN
9789048142873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 239.71

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.
Format
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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.70

Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF3; HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2001
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048155859
ISBN
9789048155859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 302.25

Paperback. Presents an account of meaning in many linguistic and cultural phenomena that is based on cognitive capacities that human understanders and producers of language possess independently of their ability to use language. This book also suggests that cognitive linguistics is a much more comprehensive enterprise than is commonly accepted. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195187205
ISBN
9780195187205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.70

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400730434
ISBN
9789400730434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.39

Paperback. In this study Friedrich Waismann gives a systematic presentation of insights into philosophical problems which can be achieved by clarifying the language in which the problems are posed. Much of the material and the method itself derive from Wittgenstein's work in the early 1930s. Editor(s): Harre, Rom. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333630549
ISBN
9780333630549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 144.56

Paperback. This volume offers an appreciation of Ernest Sosa's wide philosophical purview, a nuanced assessment of the detail of his thought, and a spur to examine the linkages between the varied topics explored by the subtle mind of this great American scholar. Editor(s): Turri, John. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401780568
ISBN
9789401780568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.67

Hardback. Explores the hypothesis that the types of inscription or text used by a given community of practitioners are designed in the very same process as the one producing concepts and results. This book sets out to show how all kinds of factors conjoin in shaping the various types of writings and texts used by the practitioners of the sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HBT; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402023200
ISBN
9781402023200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 276.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Masuda, Akihiko; O'Donohue, William T., PhD. Series: Mindfulness in Behavioral Health. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319545936
ISBN
9783319545936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 327.02

hardcover. Examines some of the important theories to be found in classical Indian philosophy that bear directly on concerns in philosophy of language. The issues discussed in this book are: the problem of sentential unity, the sense-reference distinction, and our talk about the non-existent. No background knowledge of Indian philosophy is presupposed. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1991st Edition
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792312628
ISBN
9780792312628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.50

Hardback. Constitutes the state of the art regarding gerundive entities, defended in meticulous detail. Here, the author's ontology features just facts, proposition, and events, carefully distinguished from each other. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792345688
ISBN
9780792345688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.48

Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556080913
ISBN
9781556080913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.84

Paperback. Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise. Editor(s): Evans, Vyvyan; Bergen, Benjamin K.; Zinken, Joerg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845531102
ISBN
9781845531102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Kazemier, B.H.; Vuysje, D. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027700193
ISBN
9789027700193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

Paperback. Regardless of its particular topic, each of Donald Davidsona s essays is part of a comprehensive progrqamme to address questions about language, mind and action, and their interconnections. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631169482
ISBN
9780631169482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

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