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  • Wittgenstein and Interreligious Disagreement

    A Philosophical and Theological Perspective

    by Gorazd Andrejč ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book critically examines three distinct interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein, those of George Lindbeck, David Tracy, and David Burrell, while paying special attention to the topic of interreligious disagreement. In theological and philosophical work on interreligious communication, Ludwig Wittgenstein has been interpreted in very different, sometimes contradicting ways. This is partly due ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics

    Edited by John Searle, F. Kiefer, M. Bierwisch ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In the study of language, as in any other systematic study, there is no neutral terminology. Every technical term is an expression of the assumptions and theoretical presuppositions of its users; and in this introduction, we want to clarify some of the issues that have surrounded the assumptions behind the use of the two terms "speech acts" and "pragmatics". The notion of a speech act is fairly ... Read more

    $268.99 CAD

  • The Logic of Metaphor

    Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds

    by Eric Steinhart ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Vagueness: A Guide

    Edited by Giuseppina Ronzitti ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume explores how vagueness matters as a specific problem in the context of theories that are primarily about something else. After an introductory chapter on the Sorites paradox, which exposes the various forms the paradox can take and some of the responses that have been pursued, the book proceeds with a chapter on vagueness and metaphysics, which covers important questions concerning ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Unifying the Philosophy of Truth

    Edited by José Martínez Fernández, Henri Galinon, Theodora Achourioti, Kentaro Fujimoto ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This anthology of the very latest research on truth features the work of recognized luminaries in the field, put together following a rigorous refereeing process. Along with an introduction outlining the central issues in the field, it provides a unique and unrivaled view of contemporary work on the nature of truth, with papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amsterdam ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • On Reasoning and Argument

    Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking

    by David Hitchcock ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent scholarship. Collectively, the papers articulate a distinctive position in the philosophy of argumentation.Among other things, the author:• develops an account of “material consequence” that permits ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Structure and Growth of Scientific Knowledge

    A Study in the Methodology of Epistemic Appraisal

    by G.L. Pandit ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Professor Pandit, working among the admirable group of philosophers at the University of Delhi, has written a fundamental criticism and a constructive re-interpretation of all that has been preserved as serious epistemological and methodological reflections on the sciences in modern Western philosoph- from the times of Galileo, Newton, Descartes and Leibniz to those of Russell and Wittgenstein, ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Semantics and Pragmatics of Quotation

    Edited by Paul Saka, Michael Johnson ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The chapters in this volume address a variety of issues surrounding quotation, such as whether it is a pragmatic or semantic phenomenon, what varieties of quotation exist, and what speech acts are involved in quoting. Quotation poses problems for many prevailing theories of language. One fundamental principle is that for a language to be learnable, speakers must be able to derive the truth ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Semiotics and International Scholarship: Towards a Language of Theory

    Edited by J.P. Evans, André Helbo ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

    $179.99 CAD

  • Affectivity and Philosophy after Spinoza and Nietzsche

    Making Knowledge the Most Powerful Affect

    by Stuart Pethick ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Pethick investigates a much neglected philosophical connection between two of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy: Spinoza and Nietzsche. By examining the crucial role that affectivity plays in their philosophies, this book claims that the two philosophers share the common goal of making knowledge the most powerful affect. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Ethics of Silence

    An Interdisciplinary Case Analysis Approach

    by Nancy Billias, Sivaram Vemuri ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume is an interdisciplinary exploration of the modalities, meanings, and practices of silence in contemporary social discourse. How is silence treated in different cultures? In a globalized world, how is silence managed between and across cultures?Co-authored by a philosopher and an economist, the text draws on interviews with scholars and practitioners in fields as diverse as marine ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Mirror of Information in Early Modern England

    John Wilkins and the Universal Character

    by James Dougal Fleming ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines the seventeenth-century project for a "real" or "universal" character: a scientific and objective code. Focusing on the Essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (1668) of the polymath John Wilkins, Fleming provides a detailed explanation of how a real character actually was supposed to work. He argues that the period movement should not be understood as a ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD