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Science: general issues
Hardback. The attribution of the "Speculum Astronomiae" to Albertus Magnus became a controversial issue when the neo-Thomist historian, Pierre Mandonnet suggested that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert. This historiographical case-study considers this debate in the light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 787.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792313809
- ISBN
- 9780792313809
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€ 220.34
€ 220.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Agazzi, Evandro. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792314066
- ISBN
- 9780792314066
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€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardback. Contains 22 contributions from renowned analytic philosophers and philosophers of science. These essays address many subjects, which are related to the work of the philosophers Hans Reichenbach and Rudolf Carnap. They cover epistemology and philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic. Editor(s): Spohn, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from 'ERKENNTNIS', 35: 1-3, 1991
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792314080
- ISBN
- 9780792314080
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€ 195.37
€ 195.37
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792314622
- ISBN
- 9780792314622
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€ 128.23
€ 128.23
Hardback. This selection of papers raises some historical and epistemological problems related to the integration between classical science and modern science in countries with ancient scientific traditions, and looks at crucial issues about science in its imperial context. Editor(s): Petitjean, Patrick; Jami, Catherine (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, REHSEIS, Paris, France); Moulin, A.M. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 793.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315186
- ISBN
- 9780792315186
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€ 247.66
€ 247.66
Hardback. A collection of essays on the themes of tradition, oral communication versus literal communication, Wittgenstein, and computers. It offers arguments in favour of the standards and techniques of classical education even under conditions of, indeed as a foundation for, the emerging computer culture. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 3810.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315667
- ISBN
- 9780792315667
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€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardback. Interprets the main themes of the Deduction using ideas from contemporary philosophy and intensional logic. This book also discusses disputed issues in the history of Deduction interpretation. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315711
- ISBN
- 9780792315711
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€ 247.66
€ 247.66
Hardback. The problem of Galileo's logical methodology has long interested scholars. This title offers a solution that is backed by documentary evidence. It presents an analysis that starts with an early notebook Galileo wrote at Pisa, and ends with one of the last letters Galileo wrote, stating that in logic he has been a Peripatetic all his life. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315773
- ISBN
- 9780792315773
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€ 246.34
€ 246.34
Hardback. Translates the logical treatises of Galileo's Latin manuscript and tries to make them intelligible to the modern reader. The translation is prefaced with an introduction describing the contents of the manuscript, the sources from which it derives and how it relates to his other writings. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315780
- ISBN
- 9780792315780
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€ 191.19
€ 191.19
Hardback. Examines the background and origin of, and debate over, emergent evolution, a philosophy of evolution developed by the comparative psychologist C. Lloyd Morgan. It traces the development of Lloyd Morgan's ideas and looks at the debate over emergent evolution in later years. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316589
- ISBN
- 9780792316589
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€ 127.40
€ 127.40
hardcover. Contains papers which are presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology. This volume reflects the intellectual exchange between the two countries. It also discusses post-sociobiological treatments of cultural evolution. Editor(s): Griffiths, Paul. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317098
- ISBN
- 9780792317098
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€ 128.12
€ 128.12
The Invention of Physical Science: Intersections of Mathematics, Theol...
. Ed(S): Nye, Mary Jo; Richards, Joan L.; Stu...
hardcover. Modern science has evolved gradually through interactions of mathematics, theology, and natural philosophy since the 17th century. This book demonstrates that metaphysical and theological threads continue to underpin the epistemology and practice of the physical sciences and mathematics. Editor(s): Nye, Mary Jo; Richards, Joan L.; Stuewer, Roger H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317531
- ISBN
- 9780792317531
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€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Hardback. A collection of papers on philosophy of science, conceptual history of science, and sociology of science written by Taiwanese scholars. Included are essays on "Western" topics, as well as topics in the history of Chinese science. Editor(s): Lin, Cheng-hung; Fu, Daiwie. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317661
- ISBN
- 9780792317661
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€ 191.82
€ 191.82
Hardback. A reassessment of the work of Fisher, Haldane, Muller and Wright on the occasion of the centenaries of their birth. This book brings together the scholarship of biologists, historians and philosophers to analyze the relative contributions and influence of these figures. Editor(s): Sarkar, Sahotra. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317777
- ISBN
- 9780792317777
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€ 245.24
€ 245.24
Hardback. Written before the collapse of the socialist system in Eastern Europe, this book offers a quite objective and serious systematic analysis of the Marxian labor theory of value, Marx's main scientific legacy. After reconstructing the 'prototype' of this theory, it proceeds to a careful and detailed analysis of its foundational problems. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317784
- ISBN
- 9780792317784
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Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
hardcover. Provides information on Ernst Mach as a philosopher, historian, scientist and person. This book also provides English translations of Mach's controversies with physicists and psychologists, such as Max Planck and Carl Stumpf, and offers basic evidence for resolving Mach's position on atomism and Einstein's theory of relativity. Editor(s): Blackmore, John T. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1920.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318538
- ISBN
- 9780792318538
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€ 257.51
€ 257.51
Hardback. The papers in this work deal primarily with cognitive and social aspects of the interaction between science and technology. Instead of general "global" interpretation schemes and models, empirical case studies form the hard core of the book. Editor(s): Kroes, Peter; Bakker, Martijn. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318989
- ISBN
- 9780792318989
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€ 223.33
€ 223.33
Hardback. Rationality in its various expressions and innumerable applications sustains understanding and our sense of reality. This title reveals the workings of the logos at the root of beingness and all rationality, whereby we gaze upon the prospect of a New Enlightenment. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319023
- ISBN
- 9780792319023
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€ 192.20
€ 192.20
hardcover. What is the relationship between democracy and technology? And what should that relationship be? This book explores these questions, drawing upon a range of philosophical, historical and sociological points of view. Editor(s): Winner, Langdon. Series: Philosophy and Technology. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319955
- ISBN
- 9780792319955
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Condition: New
€ 222.81
€ 222.81
Hardback. Distinguished authors from different European countries and America provide a cross-disciplinary perspective on the problems of political decision making under the conditions of scientific uncertainty. Cases from biotechnology and the environmental sciences are discussed. Editor(s): Schomberg, Rene Von. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319979
- ISBN
- 9780792319979
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€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Applied Theory of Functional Differential Equations (Mathematics and i...
Kolmanovskii, V., Myshkis, A.
Hardcover. Provides an introduction to the properties of functional differential equations and their applications in diverse fields such as immunology, nuclear power generation, heat transfer, signal processing, medicine and economics. This book deals with problems and methods relating to systems having a memory (hereditary systems). Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBWH; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320135
- ISBN
- 9780792320135
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€ 190.87
€ 190.87
Hardback. Arguing that all explanations of three-dimensionality hinge on an unreflective geometrical language, this work offers a systematic approach starting out from operational definitions of the spatial forms and proofing that only three planes can intersect pairwise orthogonally. Translator(s): Zook, David. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. 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
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320258
- ISBN
- 9780792320258
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€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Hardback. A collection of twelve essays that explore the relations between music and the scientific culture of Galileo's time. It is suitable for musicologists, historians of science and those interested in interdisciplinary perspectives of the late Renaissance - early Baroque. Editor(s): Coelho, Victor Anand. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1230.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320289
- ISBN
- 9780792320289
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€ 191.31
€ 191.31
Hardback. Examining the nature, conditions of possibility and scope of a valid dialectical logic, this book opens with an exposition, from an Hegelian point of view, of the categories of Identity, Difference and Contradiction. It discusses some basic issues such as the problems of the Beginning, the End, the Language, and the problem of Nature and Matter. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320470
- ISBN
- 9780792320470
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Condition: New
€ 191.76
€ 191.76