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ISBN: 9781107019355 - The Principle of the Common Cause The Principle of the Common Cause
Gabor Hofer-Szabo, Miklos Redei, Laszlo E Szabo

ISBN10: 1107019354  ISBN13: 9781107019355
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013
A conceptually and mathematically rigorous analysis of the common cause principle and its status in quantum theory. The common cause principle says that every correlation is either due to a direct causal effect linking the correlated entities or... More
ISBN: 9780262018845 - The Hand, an Organ of the Mind The Hand, an Organ of the Mind
Zdravko Radman

ISBN10: 0262018845  ISBN13: 9780262018845
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
Cartesian-inspired dualism enforces a theoretical distinction between the motor and the cognitive and locates the mental exclusively in the head. This collection, focusing on the hand, challenges this dichotomy, offering theoretical and empirical... More
ISBN: 9780230360945 - Wittgenstein and Plato Wittgenstein and Plato
Luigi Perissinotto, Begona Ramon Camara

ISBN10: 0230360947  ISBN13: 9780230360945
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and... More
ISBN: 9780199672714 - Oxford Studies in Epistemology (v. 4) Oxford Studies in Epistemology (v. 4)
Tamar Szabo Gendler, John Hawthorne

ISBN10: 0199672717  ISBN13: 9780199672714
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
Oxford Studies in Epistemology is a biennial publication which offers a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this important field. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board, it publishes exemplary papers in epistemology... More
ISBN: 9780199672707 - Oxford Studies in Epistemology (v. 4) Oxford Studies in Epistemology (v. 4)
Tamar Szabo Gendler, John Hawthorne

ISBN10: 0199672709  ISBN13: 9780199672707
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
Oxford Studies in Epistemology is a biennial publication which offers a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this important field. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board, it publishes exemplary papers in epistemology... More
ISBN: 9780199698370 - The Epistemology of Disagreement The Epistemology of Disagreement
David Christensen, Jennifer Lackey

ISBN10: 0199698376  ISBN13: 9780199698370
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
This is a collective study of the epistemic significance of disagreement: twelve contributors explore rival responses to the problems that it raises for philosophy. They develop our understanding of epistemic phenomena that are central to any... More
ISBN: 9781441123466 - Performatives After Deconstruction Performatives After Deconstruction
Mauro Senatore

ISBN10: 1441123466  ISBN13: 9781441123466
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
What has happened since de Man and Derrida first read Austin? How has the encounter between deconstruction and the performative affected each of these terms? In addressing these questions, this book brings together scholars whose works have been... More
ISBN: 9780773541429 - The Enigma of Perception The Enigma of Perception
D L C Maclachlan

ISBN10: 077354142X  ISBN13: 9780773541429
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 May 2013
An innovative exploration of how we acquire knowledge and the principle on which that theory depends. How do we acquire knowledge through a sensory input from our environment? In The Enigma of Perception, D.L.C. Maclachlan revives the traditional... More
ISBN: 9780888645586 - Recognition & Modes of Knowledge Recognition & Modes of Knowledge
Teresa G Russo

ISBN10: 0888645589  ISBN13: 9780888645586
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 May 2013
Anagnorisis, or recognition, has played a central role in the arts and humanities throughout history. It is a universal mode of knowledge in literature and the arts; in sacred texts and scholastic writing; in philosophy; in psychology... More
ISBN: 9781844655465 - Tacit Knowledge Tacit Knowledge
Neil Gascoigne, Tim Thornton

ISBN10: 1844655466  ISBN13: 9781844655465
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Apr 2013
A critical appraisal of recent work in philosophy on the nature of tacit knowledge - the form of implicit knowledge that we rely on for learning. Tacit knowledge is invoked in a wide range of intellectual inquiries, from traditional academic... More