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The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 44.00Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Clearly written and well argued, the book will appeal to students and professionals in epistemology. more...
Ambiguity and Logic
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 22.00In this book Frederic Schick develops his challenge to standard decision theory initiated in two previous Cambridge publications: Understanding Actions (1991) and Making Choices (1997). This book questions the foundations of technical and philosophical decision theory and will appeal to philosophers, economists and psychologists. more...
Philosophical Propositions
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 41.95Philosophical Propositions is a fresh, up to date, and reliable introduction to philosophical problems. It takes seriously the need for philosophy to deal with definitive and statable propositions, such as God, certainty, time, personal identity, the mind/body problem, free will and determinism, and the meaning of life. more...
A Philosophical Analysis of Hope
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 119.00Despite the familiarity of hope in human experience, it is a phenomenon infrequently considered from a philosophical point of view. This book charts the centrality of hope in thought and action from first, second and third person perspectives. From everyday situations to extreme circumstances of trial and endings in life, the contours of hope are given... more...
On Truth
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 15.00Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect. Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true" and "false"... more...
Die Geschichte des philosophischen Begriffs der Wahrheit
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 350.00This reference work offers a representative and reliable survey of classical, medieval, and modern history in regards to the philosophical term, ?truth?. Unrivalled, this all-encompassing study about the history of one of philosophy?s most central concepts is not only for academics in the field, but also for students of other faculties, as well as,... more...
Foundations of Knowing
University of Minnesota Press 1978; US$ 48.00The Foundations of Knowing was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This collection of essays on the foundations of empirical knowledge brings together ten of Roderick M.... more...
Thought-Contents
Springer 2006; US$ 139.99Provides a formal ontology of senses and the belief-relation that grounds the distinction between de dicto, de re, and de se beliefs as well as the opacity of belief reports. more...
Coherence, Truth and Testimony
Springer 2007; US$ 64.99Focusing on coherence, this collection aims to give readers a comprehensive understanding of topic of coherence, the controversy surrounding it, and its implications across the discipline of philosophy. more...









