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Scientific Theories And Philosophical Stances - Themes From Van Fraassen

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 Since the publication of his seminal monograph "The scientific image", Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science. In this book, other philosophers with various outlooks critically discuss his work on theories, empiricism and philosophical stances. The book starts with a new article by van Fraassen on his preferred account of theories, the so-called semantic view. This account is now 50 years old, and van Fraassen takes this anniversary as an opportunity to review the account, its history and the philosophical discussion about it. In the main part of the book, Nancy Cartwright, Finnur Dellsén, Matthias Egg, Steven French, Michael Friedman, Milena Ivanova and Michela Massimi discuss van Fraassen''s contributions to philosophy. Three chapters focus on his engagement with realism (French, Friedman, Ivanova). Others study his voluntarism (Cartwright) and his view on representation (Massimi). Finally, there are contributions about his elaboration of empiricism (Dellsén) and his proposal to consider philosophical positions as stances (Egg). The volume includes a laudatio written by Steven French and finishes with a reply by van Fraassen to his critics.
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Reason, Justification, And Contractualism - Themes From Scanlon

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 This book collects major original essays developed from lectures given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2016 to T. M. Scanlon for his outstanding oeuvre in Analytical philosophy. In "Contractualism and Justification," Scanlon identifies some difficulties in his theory and explores possible ways to deal with them. In "Improving Scanlon’s Contractualism," D. Parfit recommends revisions and extensions of Scanlon’s theory, while R. Forst suggests in "Justification Fundamentalism" that Scanlon may want to replace reason with justification as his foundational concept. T. Nagel raises fundamental questions concerning "Moral Reality and Moral Progress," and S. Mantel offers in "On How to Explain Rational Motivation" a critical discussion of Scanlon’s cognitivist theory of motivation. Z. Stemplowska does the same for Scanlon’s conception of responsibility in "Substantive Responsibility and the Causal Thesis," and S. Olsaretti suggests in "Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities" an alternative to Scanlon’s arguments against economic inequalities. All contributors receive extensive replies by Scanlon. For anyone interested in Scanlon’s seminal work in moral and political philosophy, the present volume is utterly indispensable.
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Scientific Theories And Philosophical Stances - Themes From Van Fraassen

~~120,58€~~ 108,52€ 10% OFF

 Since the publication of his seminal monograph "The scientific image", Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science. In this book, other philosophers with various outlooks critically discuss his work on theories, empiricism and philosophical stances. The book starts with a new article by van Fraassen on his preferred account of theories, the so-called semantic view. This account is now 50 years old, and van Fraassen takes this anniversary as an opportunity to review the account, its history and the philosophical discussion about it. In the main part of the book, Nancy Cartwright, Finnur Dellsén, Matthias Egg, Steven French, Michael Friedman, Milena Ivanova and Michela Massimi discuss van Fraassen''s contributions to philosophy. Three chapters focus on his engagement with realism (French, Friedman, Ivanova). Others study his voluntarism (Cartwright) and his view on representation (Massimi). Finally, there are contributions about his elaboration of empiricism (Dellsén) and his proposal to consider philosophical positions as stances (Egg). The volume includes a laudatio written by Steven French and finishes with a reply by van Fraassen to his critics.
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Reason, Justification, And Contractualism - Themes From Scanlon

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 This book collects major original essays developed from lectures given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2016 to T. M. Scanlon for his outstanding oeuvre in Analytical philosophy. In "Contractualism and Justification," Scanlon identifies some difficulties in his theory and explores possible ways to deal with them. In "Improving Scanlon’s Contractualism," D. Parfit recommends revisions and extensions of Scanlon’s theory, while R. Forst suggests in "Justification Fundamentalism" that Scanlon may want to replace reason with justification as his foundational concept. T. Nagel raises fundamental questions concerning "Moral Reality and Moral Progress," and S. Mantel offers in "On How to Explain Rational Motivation" a critical discussion of Scanlon’s cognitivist theory of motivation. Z. Stemplowska does the same for Scanlon’s conception of responsibility in "Substantive Responsibility and the Causal Thesis," and S. Olsaretti suggests in "Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities" an alternative to Scanlon’s arguments against economic inequalities. All contributors receive extensive replies by Scanlon. For anyone interested in Scanlon’s seminal work in moral and political philosophy, the present volume is utterly indispensable.
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Truth, Meaning, Justification, And Reality - Themes From Dummett

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 This collection concentrates on vital themes from Michael Dummett, one of the most influential and creative analytic philosophers of our time. The contributors, who include some of Dummett''s distinguished former students, critically reflect on various concerns of Dummett''s ground-breaking work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophy of mathematics and logic. The essays direct towards aspects of Dummett''s pioneering work in the history of analytical philosophy, particularly his interpretations of the works of Frege and of Wittgenstein, which in conjunction with Dummett’s own highly original ideas on truth and meaning have shaped decisive contemporary debates concerning notably the distinction between realism and anti-realism. Further, the volume includes a cheerfully serious excursion into popular philosophy by Dummett himself and reveals less known facets of Dummett''s many-sided work and activities such as his political philosophy of immigration and asylum, and beyond that, his untiring and warm-hearted campaign for racial justice and humanity. Contributors: Michael Dummett, Eva Picardi, Crispin Wright, Timothy Williamson, Ian Rumfitt, Daniel Isaacson, Dag Prawitz, Dale Jacquette, Alex Burri, Michael Frauchiger.
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Representation, Evidence, And Justification - Themes From Suppes

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 Assembles original contributions by leading analytical philosophers to a broad range of topics on which Suppes has set out ideas which still point the way ahead. This book joins together contributions by Patrick Suppes, Dagfinn Follesdal, Nancy Cartwright, Wilhelm K Essler, Steven French, Stephan Hartmann, and Michael Frauchiger.
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Reference, Rationality, And Phenomenology - Themes From Fã¸Llesdal

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 Having its seeds in the 2nd International Lauener Symposium held in honour of Dagfinn Follesdal, this title contains a kaleidoscopic ensemble of previously unpublished contributions by leading authors, representing diverse approaches to a variety of philosophical themes on which Follesdal has had a longstanding, formative impact.
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Modalities, Identity, Belief, And Moral Dilemmas - Themes From Barcan Marcus

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 Reveals a broad variety of Barcan Marcus' concerns ranging from quantified modal logic, identity, extensionality, direct reference, substitutional and objectual quantification, essentialism and possible worlds to epistemic and deontic modalities, belief, rationality and moral dilemmas.
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Truth, Meaning, Justification, And Reality - Themes From Dummett

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 This collection concentrates on vital themes from Michael Dummett, one of the most influential and creative analytic philosophers of our time. The contributors, who include some of Dummett''s distinguished former students, critically reflect on various concerns of Dummett''s ground-breaking work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophy of mathematics and logic. The essays direct towards aspects of Dummett''s pioneering work in the history of analytical philosophy, particularly his interpretations of the works of Frege and of Wittgenstein, which in conjunction with Dummett’s own highly original ideas on truth and meaning have shaped decisive contemporary debates concerning notably the distinction between realism and anti-realism. Further, the volume includes a cheerfully serious excursion into popular philosophy by Dummett himself and reveals less known facets of Dummett''s many-sided work and activities such as his political philosophy of immigration and asylum, and beyond that, his untiring and warm-hearted campaign for racial justice and humanity. Contributors: Michael Dummett, Eva Picardi, Crispin Wright, Timothy Williamson, Ian Rumfitt, Daniel Isaacson, Dag Prawitz, Dale Jacquette, Alex Burri, Michael Frauchiger.
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Modalities, Identity, Belief, And Moral Dilemmas - Themes From Barcan Marcus

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 This volume opens up stimulating new perspectives on a broad variety of Barcan Marcuss concerns ranging from the systematic foundation and interpretation of quantified modal logic, nature of extensionality, necessity of identity, direct reference theory for proper names, notions of essentialism, second-order modal logic, modal metaphysics, properties and classes, substitutional and objectual quantification, actualism, the Barcan formula, possibilia and possible-world semantics to epistemic and deontic modalities, non-language-centered theories of belief, accounts of rationality, consistency of a moral code, moral dilemmas, and much more. The contributions demonstrate that Barcan Marcuss original and clear ideas have had a formative influence on the direction in which certain themes central to todays philosophical debate have developed. Furthermore, the volume includes an illuminating intellectual autobiography from Barcan Marcus herself as well as an informal interview containing her unfiltered, frank answers. The book brings together contributions by Ruth Barcan Marcus, Timothy Williamson, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Joëlle Proust, Pascal Engel, Edgar Morscher, Erik J. Olsson, and Michael Frauchiger.
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Modalities, Identity, Belief, And Moral Dilemmas - Themes From Barcan Marcus

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 Reveals a broad variety of Barcan Marcus' concerns ranging from quantified modal logic, identity, extensionality, direct reference, substitutional and objectual quantification, essentialism and possible worlds to epistemic and deontic modalities, belief, rationality and moral dilemmas.
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Representation, Evidence, And Justification - Themes From Suppes

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Reference, Rationality, And Phenomenology - Themes From Føllesdal

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 Having its seeds in the 2nd International Lauener Symposium held in honour of Dagfinn Føllesdal, the present collection contains a rich, kaleidoscopic ensemble of previously unpublished contributions by leading authors, representing diverse approaches to a variety of philosophical themes on which Føllesdal has had a longstanding, formative impact. Føllesdal himself contributes an orientating essay continuing to develop his pioneering theory of reference as well as in-depth commentaries on each of the other authors elaborated papers plus candid answers in the added interview. The volume assembles a wealth of original articles containing in part direct discussions of Føllesdals work and covering a broad range of topics like subjectivity, intersubjectivity, objectivity, rationality, logics and mathematics, choice theory, values, modalities, intentionality, individuation, perception, communication, meaning, reference, the slingshot, one- and two-sorted semantics, evidence, neuropsychology, space and time, science and society, methodology, fallibilism, the relative a priori, justification, holism, the life-world, reflective equilibrium, empathy, and ethics. Moreover the book includes an incisive memoir of Føllesdal the philosopher as well as a spanning interview with him, which are both critically directing toward Føllesdals subtly differentiated understanding of the dynamic philosophical horizon he shares in. With contributions from Dagfinn Føllesdal, Charles Parsons, Patrick Suppes, Jon Elster, John Perry, Michael Friedman, Dag Prawitz, Wilhelm K. Essler, David Woodruff Smith, Olav Gjelsvik, Graciela De Pierris, Nils Roll-Hansen, Christian Beyer, Øystein Linnebo, Michael Frauchiger.
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Truth, Meaning, Justification, And Reality - Themes From Dummett

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Reason, Justification, And Contractualism - Themes From Scanlon

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Das Politische In Der Ontologie Der Pers

by Sebastian Edinger

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Exercises With Solutions In Radiation Physics

by Bo N. Nilsson

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 Includes more than a hundred exercises and solutions to applied problems suitable for courses in basic radiation physics.
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The Challenge Of Minority Integration - Politics And Policies In The Nordic Nations

by Peter A. Kraus e Peter Kivisto

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The Far Horizons Of Time - Time And Mind In The Universe

by H. Chris Ransford

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 The book raises and resolves specific questions in the physics of time, such as how and why someone can be simultaneous with events that are in fact days apart. It examines further abiding issues in the physics of time, and suggests that such phenomena can only exist because they ultimately obey applicable mathematics.
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Open Source Archaeology - Ethics And Practice

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 A volume that is designed to discuss important issues around open access to data and software in academic and commercial archaeology, as well as to summarise both the state of theoretical engagement, and technological development in the field of open-archaeology.
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The Densification Process Of Wood Waste

by Peter Krizan

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 Shows the experimental strategy to determine the effects of individual parameters and specifies their impact on the resulting density of the briquettes. This book is dedicated to research in the densification processes of wood waste and its mathematical description for uniaxial densification into compact solid Biofuels - briquettes.
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Muslims And Christians In The Bulgarian Rhodopes. - Studies On Religious (Anti)Syncretism

by Magdalena Lubanska

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 Studies the role of religious syncretism in the social and religious life of Muslim-Christian communities in the Western Rhodopes. The author places emphasis on analysing the symbolic dimension and the cultural function of syncretism in order to determine whether it helps to integrate the two religious groups, or more.
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Society, Law, And Culture In The Middle East - Â€Œmodernitiesâ€ In The Making

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 Improves your understanding of various forms of change in Middle Eastern and North African societies during the Ottoman period. This title offers an indepth analysis of reforms and gradual change in the longue duree, challenging the current discourse on the relationship between society, culture, and law.
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The Archaeology Of Death In Post-Medieval Europe

by Sarah Tarlow

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 This volume offers a range of case studies and reflections on aspects of death and burial in post-medieval Europe.
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