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  • The Logical Alien

    Conant and His Critics

    by James Conant, Jocelyn Benoist, Matthew Boyle, Martin Gustafsson, Arata Hamawaki, Adrian Moore, Barry Stroud, Peter Sullivan, Charles Travis ...
    “A remarkable book capable of reshaping what one takes philosophy to be.”—Cora Diamond, Kenan Professor of Philosophy Emerita, University of VirginiaCould there be a logical alien—a being whose ways of talking, inferring, and contradicting exhibit an entirely different logical shape than ours, yet who nonetheless is thinking? Could someone, contrary to the most basic rules of logic, think that two ... Read more

    $54.19 USD

  • Organic Syntheses

    by Editor: James Bryant Conant ...
    "Organic Syntheses" is a comprehensive collection of reliable organic chemistry procedures, meticulously curated to provide chemists with practical methods for synthesizing organic compounds. Edited by the esteemed James Bryant Conant, this work serves as a vital resource for both novice and experienced chemists. The book emphasizes reproducibility and clarity, ensuring that each synthesis is ... Read more

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  • The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency

    1970 - 2035

    by James K. Conant, Peter J. Balint ...
    In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government's efforts to control pollutants. In that year, the Congress and President Nixon established two key federal agencies to address the nation's growing environmental problems: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Environmental Protection ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Copernican Revolution

    Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

    by Thomas S. Kuhn ...
    For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes. Understanding the processes which underlay the Revolution gives us a perspective, in this ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Organic Syntheses / An Annual Publication of Satisfactory Methods for the Preparation of Organic Chemicals

    by James Bryant Conant ...
    This text is helpful in understanding the subject of organic chemistry.THE publication of this series of pamphlets has been undertaken to make available in a permanent form complete detailed directions for the preparation of various organic chemical reagents. In announcing this purpose it may be well to mention at the outset some of the difficulties in the way of the research chemist, which it is ... Read more

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  • Early Analytic Philosophy

    Origins and Transformations

    Edited by James F. Conant, Gilad Nir ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    The past few decades have seen considerable interest in the history of analytic philosophy. As this field has developed, complex and provocative questions have emerged about the very nature of analytic philosophy, challenging longstanding assumptions and spawning new research paradigms.In this outstanding collection, an international team of contributors examine these questions and contribute to ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Wittgenstein on Philosophy, Objectivity, and Meaning

    Edited by James Conant, Sebastian Sunday ...
    This volume of new essays presents groundbreaking interpretations of some of the most central themes of Wittgenstein's philosophy. A distinguished group of contributors demonstrates how Wittgenstein's thought can fruitfully be applied to contemporary debates in epistemology, metaphilosophy and philosophy of language. The volume combines historical and systematic approaches to Wittgensteinian ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Hilary Putnam

    Pragmatism and Realism

    Edited by James Conant, Urszula M. Zeglen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic. This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article, making it invaluable for any scholar of his work. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Reading Rödl

    On Self-Consciousness and Objectivity

    Edited by James F. Conant, Jesse M. Mulder ...
    Sebastian Rödl's Self-Consciousness and Objectivity is one of the most original and thought-provoking books in analytic philosophy for the last several years. An ambitious defence of absolute idealism, Rödl rejects the idea that we as thinking beings can position ourselves within a given, mind-independent reality, and instead advances the position that the very idea of an ‘objective reality’ ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Story of Analytic Philosophy

    Plot and Heroes

    Edited by Anat Biletzki, Anat Matar ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    This unique collection looks at analytic philosophy in its historical context. Prominent philosophers discuss key figures, including Russell and Wittgenstein, methods and results in analytic philosophy to present its story. This volume assesses the challenge posed by changing cultural and philosophical trends and movements. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger's Being and Time

    Edited by Mark A. Wrathall ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger's 'Being and Time' contains seventeen chapters by leading scholars of Heidegger. It is a useful reference work for beginning students, but also explores the central themes of Being and Time with a depth that will be of interest to scholars. The Companion begins with a section-by-section overview of Being and Time and a chapter reviewing the genesis of this ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Kant's Transcendental Deduction

    An Analytical-Historical Commentary

    by Henry E. Allison ...
    Henry E. Allison presents an analytical and historical commentary on Kant`s transcendental deduction of the pure concepts of the understanding in the Critique of Pure Reason. He argues that, rather than providing a new solution to an old problem (refuting a global skepticism regarding the objectivity of experience), it addresses a new problem (the role of a priori concepts or categories stemming ... Read more

    $52.19 USD