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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Identity has for long been an important concept in philosophy and logic. Plato in his Sophist puts same among those fonns which 'run through' all others. The scholastics inherited the idea (and the tenninology), classifying same as one of the 'transcendentals', i.e. as running through all the categories. The work of Locke and l.eibniz made the concept a problematic one. But it is rather recently, i.e. since the importance of Frege has been generally recognized, that there has been a keen interest in the notion, fonnulated by him, of a criterion of identity. This, at first sight harmless as well as useful, has proved to be like a charge of dynamite. The seed had indeed been sown long ago, by Euclid. In Book V of his Elements he first gives a useless defmition of a ratio: 'A ratio is a sort of relation between two magnitudes in respect of muchness'. But then, in definition 5 he answers, not the question 'What is a ratio ' but rather ''What is it for magnitudes to be in the same ratio ' and this is the definition that does the work.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 194 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -It would have been nice to have been able to write this book with the style of Mailer, the wit of Shaw, the breadth of Myrdal and the zeal of Nader. It would also have been miraculous. Rest assured there are no miracles here. On the contrary, the work in your hands undoubtedly bears all the marks of imperfect human design. It's too long for one book, but probably too short for the story to be told. It's not the sort of book one can hope to fmish, even in five volumes. There is always one more table one might squeeze in, one more column or row, an illustrative chart or figure, another important refer ence to check, something dangling here or there that nags one to fiddle with it, wrap it up, tie it down, and so on. All one can do, I think, is put up with the nagging and press on. I can't imagine anyone making so many factual claims and evaluative judgments, and putting together so many numbers in so many different areas without making dozens of mistakes. I can't imagine anyone working with national statistics and not having plenty of mistakes made for him. As I look back on it now, it's hard to imagine anyone being naive enough (bold enough has a better ring to it) to take on the task of writing a book like this in the first place. Of course, I had Myrdal's great An American Dilemma to encourage me.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the wake of the publication of Forrester's World Dynamics and Meadow's The Limits to Growth-books which in The Netherlands may have received ex cessive attention from the public at large-the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) established a commission under the chair manship of the late Professor R. Timman. The commission received the task of trying to find a sound philosophical basis for world modelling and to stimulate the building of models that incorporated those aspects of society which are usu ally left out of mathematical models because of technical difficulties. The study that is discussed in this text was started under the auspices of the TNO commis sion. Timman died early in 1975. The commission then came under the chair manship of Professor P. de Wolff. TNO generously provided the means to acquire the computer time necessary to continue our study. We also wish to express our gratitude to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) for their willingness to put the necessary data at our dis posal in a form suitable for computer processing. Mr. H. Krijnse Locker's expert knowledge in the field of input-output statistics has especially been of great sup port to us. We are much indebted to Professor A. P. J. Abrahamse for his interest in our work and for all the valuable comments and corrections we received from him. v vi PREFACE We are grateful to Mr. P. van Batenburg, Mr. F.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 194 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -InhaltsangabeNr. 1. Phantasie und bildbewusstsein (Drittes Hauptstück der Vorlesungen aus dem Wintersemester 1904/05 über 'Hauptstücke aus der Phänomenologie und Theorie der Erkenntnis').- Nr. 2. Von der theorie der repräsentation bei phantasie und erinnerung zur einführung der lehre von der reproduktion bzw. doppelten vergegenwärtigung (Texte von etwa 1904 bis etwa 1909, evtl. 1912).- Nr. 3. Phantasie und vergegenwärtigung (erinnerung). frage nach dem verhältnis von apprehension und glaubensqualität (Abschrift, wohl 1905/06, mit Ergänzung wohl aus 1909).- Nr. 4. Glaube als impression, interpretation der gegensätze zwischen wahrnehmung und phantasie, der verhältnisse zwischen erinnerung und phantasie, der illusion, bild vorstellung, leervorstellung (11. Oktober 1908).- Nr. 5. Erinnerung und iterationen der erinnerung. modale charaktere und apparenzen (wohl 1909).- Nr. 6. Erinnerung und phantasie, glaubensmodifikation grundverschieden von modifikation der impression in reproduktion. aporieni was denn erinnerung für eine modifikation erfahre durch übergang in die 'blosse phantasie' (wohl erste Hälfte 1909).- Nr. 7. Wahrnehmung, erinnerung, phantasie und die zeitlichen zusammenhangsintentionen (wohl 1909).- Nr. 8. Phantasie als 'durch und durch modifikation'zur revision des inhalts-auffassungsschemas (Abschrift und Verbesserung wohl Sommer oder Anfang Herbst 1909).- Nr. 9. Immanente und innere phantasie (in doppeltem sinne). phantasie und wahrnehmung. wahrnehmung als vorstellung, phantasie als modifikation von vorstellung (September 1909).- Nr. 10. Die glaubensmodifikationen: glaube (gewissheit), neigung, zweifel etc. in der sphäre der schlichten intuition. übertragung in der imaginativen modifikation auf die phantasie (wohl Herbst 1909).- Nr. 11. Erinnerung als'wieder'bewusstsein gegenüber wahrnehmung und purer phantasie (wohl 1909 oder Anfang 1910).- Nr. 12. 'Empfindung', erinnerung, erwartung und phantasie als modi des zeitbewusstseins. bewusstsein als zusammenhang (wohl Anfang 1910).- Nr. 13. Wahrnehmungsreihe, erinnerungsmodifikation, phantasiemodifikation. gegenwärtigung - vergegenwärtigung, aktualität und in ak tualität als sich kreuzende unterschiede. zwei fundamental verschiedene begriffe von phantasie 1) inaktualität 2) vergegenwärtigung (teils Abschrift, wohl Februar 1910; teils 15. Februar 1910).- Nr. 14. Lebendigkeit und angemessenheit in der vergegenwärtigung; leervergegenwärtigung. inneres bewusstsein, innere reflexion. prägnanter begriff der reproduktion (wohl 1911 oder Anfang 1912).- Nr. 15. Modi der reproduktion und phantasie, bildbewusstsein (auch in Beziehung auf die Stellungnahmen) (März-April 1912).- Nr. 16. Reproduktion und bildbewusstsein. trennung von bildobjektauffassung und bewusstsein eines perzeptiven scheines. verallgemeine-rung des begriffs der phantasie (vergegenwärtigung): 1) reproduktive 2) perzeptive, d. h. vergegenwärtigung im bild, in bildlicher dar stellung (wohl Frühjahr 1912).- Nr. 17. Zur Lehre vom Bildbewusstsein und Fiktum-Bewusstsein (Texte wohl von 1912).- Nr. 18. Zur Lehre von den Anschauungen und Ihren Modis (Texte wohl aus 1918).- Nr. 19. Reine Möglichkeit und Phantasie (Texte wohl von 1922/23).- NR. 20. Phantasie - Neutralität (1921 /1924).- Textkritischer Anhang.- Zur Textgestaltung.- Textkritische Anmerkungen.- Nachweis Der Originalseiten.- Namenregister.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 810 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a manuscript that was virtually complete when James W. Cornman died. Most of the chapters were in final form, and all but the last had been revised by the author. The last chapter was in handwritten form, and the concluding remarks were not finished. Swain took charge of the proofreading and John L. Thomas compiled the indices with the assistance of Lehrer. It is our opinion that this manuscript, like the other books Cornman published, is one of exceptional scholarly and philo sophical importance. As do all of his philosophical publications, this work reflects Cornman's great love for philosophy and his commitment to the search for truth. Every serious student and author of epistemology will benefit from and admire the thorough scholarship and rigorous argumentation they will find herein. It has been our privilege to partici pate in the preparation of the manuscript for the philosophical public. KEITH LEHRER MARSHALL SWAIN IX INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO EPISTEMOLOGICAL SKEPTICISM Many philosophers try to refute skepticism, but few try to give a precise characterization of the thesis they attack. My first aim, consequently, is to characterize skepticism, or, more precisely, several species of skepticism. Then I shall choose those species I wish to consider and justify my choice. To begin, let me distinguish what I shall call 'epistemological skepticism' from the thesis I shall call 'ontological nihilism' and from what is believed by someone whom I shall call an 'ontological skeptic'.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 376 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In tbis splendid collection of the articles and addresses of P. L. Kapitza, the author remarks on the insight of the 18th century Ukrainian philosopher Skovoroda who wrote: 'We must be grateful to God that He created the world in such a way that everytbing simple is true, and everything compli cated is untrue. ' At another place, Kapitza meditates on the roles played by instinct, imagination, audacity, experiment, and hard work in the develop ment of science, and for a moment seems to despair at understanding the dogged arguments of great scientists: 'Einstein loved to refer to God when there was no more sensible argument!' With Academician Kapitza, there are reasoned arguments, plausible alter natives, humor and humane discipline, energy and patience, a skill for the practical, and transcendent clarity about what is at issue in theoretical practice as in engineering necessities. Kapitza has been physicist, engineer, research manager, teacher, humanist, and tbis book demonstrates that he is a wise interpreter of historical, philosophical, and social realities. He is also, in C. P. Snow's words, strong, brave, and good (Variety of Men, N. Y. 1966, p. 19). In this preface, we shall point to themes from Kapitza's interpretations of science and life. On scientific work. Good work is never done with someone else's hands. The separation of theory from experience, from experimental work, and from practice, above all harms theory itself.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 464 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This is a bold, brilliant, provocative and puzzling work. It demands a radical shift in standpoint, an almost paradoxical posture in which living systems are described in terms of what lies outside the domain of descriptions. Professor Humberto Maturana, with his colleague Francisco Varela, have undertaken the construction of a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as they are objects of observation and description, nor even as in teracting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to them selves. Thus, the standpoint of description of such unities from the 'outside', i. e. , by an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms. Yet, on the basis of such a conceptual method, and such a theory of living systems, Maturana goes on to define cognition as a biological phenomenon; as, in effect, the very nature of all living systems. And on this basis, to generate the very domains of interac tion among such systems which constitute language, description and thinking.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a bold, brilliant, provocative and puzzling work. It demands a radical shift in standpoint, an almost paradoxical posture in which living systems are described in terms of what lies outside the domain of descriptions. Professor Humberto Maturana, with his colleague Francisco Varela, have undertaken the construction of a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as they are objects of observation and description, nor even as in teracting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to them selves. Thus, the standpoint of description of such unities from the 'outside', i. e. , by an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms. Yet, on the basis of such a conceptual method, and such a theory of living systems, Maturana goes on to define cognition as a biological phenomenon; as, in effect, the very nature of all living systems. And on this basis, to generate the very domains of interac tion among such systems which constitute language, description and thinking.