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Paperback. aeo Constitutes a self--contained introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. aeo Accessible to both undergraduate and more advanced students of philosophy. aeo Includes many "sidebars" which expand on points made in the main text which may be either skipped or included. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180494
ISBN
9781577180494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99

Hardcover. Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both to describe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296671
ISBN
9780230296671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580436
ISBN
9781137580436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Scanlon, M.; Engbers, Chad. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFG; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486342
ISBN
9781349486342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101745
ISBN
9781405101745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.39
€ 102.91

Paperback. Professor Hilary Putnam's most important published work is collected here in two volumes. Editor(s): Putnam, Hilary. Num Pages: 476 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521295512
ISBN
9780521295512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. This volume brings together ideas on linguistic meaning and communication from the philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, and linguistic pragmatics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214885
ISBN
9780631214885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286849
ISBN
9780803286849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312164348
ISBN
9780312164348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. "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: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334247
ISBN
9781349334247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Bostad, Finn; Brandist, Craig; Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Faber, Hege Charlotte. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349513123
ISBN
9781349513123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Larrivee, Pierre; Lee, Chungmin. Series: Language, Cognition, and Mind. Num Pages: 367 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319363912
ISBN
9783319363912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

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

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

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

€ 130.98

Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143255
ISBN
9780691143255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630196
ISBN
9780816630196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333613382
ISBN
9780333613382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs of both "English" and "ethnicity" are contested sites of identity formation. Editor(s): Brutt-Griffler, J; Davies, C Evans; Evans Davies, Catherine. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFSL; JFSR; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349388233
ISBN
9781349388233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
631
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014901
ISBN
9781402014901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardback. Editor(s): Hampton, James A. (City University UK); Winter, Yoad. Series: Language, Cognition, and Mind. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319459752
ISBN
9783319459752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.46

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

€ 47.83

Hardcover. Designed for readers new to the subject, Reading Philosophy of Language presents key texts in the philosophy of language together with helpful editorial guidance. * A concise collection of key texts in the philosophy of language * Ideal for readers new to the subject. Editor(s): Hornsby, Jennifer; Longworth, Guy. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124843
ISBN
9781405124843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.79

Hardcover. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320. 182 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222090
ISBN
9780230222090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 39.09

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792303336
ISBN
9780792303336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17
€ 4.80

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