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ISBN: 9780199645732 - Not Exactly Not Exactly
Kees Van Deemter

ISBN10: 0199645736  ISBN13: 9780199645732
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 May 2012
Our lives are full of inexactitude. We say a person is tall or an action is just without the precision of measurement on a dial. In this engaging account, Kees van Deemter explores vagueness, cutting across areas such as language, mathematical... More

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ISBN: 9780199655151 - The Nature and Value of Knowledge The Nature and Value of Knowledge
Duncan Pritchard, Alan Millar, Adrian Haddock

ISBN10: 0199655154  ISBN13: 9780199655151
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2012
This volume comprises three distinct investigations into the relationship between the nature and the value of knowledge. The three sections look at 'Knowledge and Understanding', 'Knowledge and Recognition', and 'Knowledge and Action'. More

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ISBN: 9781861899033 - A Philosophy of Discomfort A Philosophy of Discomfort
Jacques Pezeu-Massabuau

ISBN10: 1861899033  ISBN13: 9781861899033
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 2012
A Philosophy of Discomfort anchors the idea of comfort and discomfort as an historical and philosophical concept. While instinct demands we avoid it, and habit tries to deny it, the author insists that we recognise the uncomfortable and the uneasy... More

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ISBN: 9780745650531 - Knowledge Knowledge
Ian Evans, Nicholas Smith

ISBN10: 0745650538  ISBN13: 9780745650531
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Apr 2012
Introductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers. Ian Evans and Nicholas D. Smith aim to change that. Their book guides the reader through the... More

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ISBN: 9780745650524 - Knowledge Knowledge
Ian Evans, Nicholas Smith

ISBN10: 074565052X  ISBN13: 9780745650524
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Polity Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Apr 2012
Introductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers. Ian Evans and Nicholas D. Smith aim to change that. Their book guides the reader through the... More

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ISBN: 9780199604760 - Probability in the Philosophy of Religion Probability in the Philosophy of Religion
Jake Chandler, Victoria Harrison

ISBN10: 0199604762  ISBN13: 9780199604760
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2012
These specially written essays show that philosophy of religion is fertile ground for the application of probabilistic thinking. The authors examine central topics in the field: the status of evidence relating to the question of the existence of... More

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ISBN: 9780199652365 - The Self The Self
Jonardon Ganeri

ISBN10: 0199652368  ISBN13: 9780199652365
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2012
Jonardon Ganeri presents a ground-breaking study of selfhood, drawing on Indian theories of consciousness and mind. He explores the notion of embodiment and the centrality of the emotions to the self, and shows how to harmonize the idea of the... More

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ISBN: 9780199651443 - Russell's Logical Atomism Russell's Logical Atomism
David Bostock

ISBN10: 0199651442  ISBN13: 9780199651443
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Apr 2012
David Bostock presents a detailed account and critical appraisal of the development of Bertrand Russell's philosophy from 1900 to 1924--the most important years of his career. He explores Russell's logical atomism, which applies logic to problems... More

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ISBN: 9780674050136 - Philosophy in an Age of Science Philosophy in an Age of Science
Hilary Putnam Mario De Caro, David Macarthur

ISBN10: 0674050134  ISBN13: 9780674050136
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Apr 2012
Hilary Putnam has at last paused from philosophizing to collect his papers for publication--his first volume in almost two decades. Contributing to a broad range of philosophical inquiry, Putnam has been said to represent a "history of recent... More

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ISBN: 9780262017220 - In Praise of Reason In Praise of Reason
Michael P Lynch

ISBN10: 0262017229  ISBN13: 9780262017220
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Apr 2012
Why does reason matter, if (as many people seem to think) in the end everything comes down to blind faith or gut instinct? Why not just go with what you believe even if it contradicts the evidence? Why bother with rational explanation when name... More