BIC SubjectsPhilosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Exploring Dialogue: Selected essays on argumentation by Erik C. W. Krabbe with contributions by Jan Albert van Laar

Edited by Erik C.W. Krabbe and Jan Albert van Laar

Exploring Dialogue is a collection of essays on argumentation, authored or coauthored by Erik C.W. Krabbe, which take a philosopher's or even a logician's point of view. For this collection, Krabbe selected twenty of what, in his opinion, were his best philosophical essays about argumentation. Four… read more

[Argumentation in Context, 23] 2026. x, 407 pp.

Controversies and Interdisciplinarity: Beyond disciplinary fragmentation for a new knowledge model

Edited by Jens Allwood, Olga Pombo, Clara Renna and Giovanni Scarafile

Nowadays, the forms assumed by knowledge indicate an unhinging of traditional structures conceived on the model of discipline. Consequently, what was once strictly disciplinary becomes interdisciplinary, what was homogeneous becomes heterogeneous and what was hierarchical becomes heterarchical.When… read more

[Controversies, 16] 2020. vi, 279 pp.

How to Do Philosophy with Words: Reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate

Jesús Navarro

Nowadays philosophy is characterized by such heterogeneous intellectual practices that its very unity and coherence seem endangered. What is especially disconcerting is that most authors manage to largely ignore the very existence of methodological positions radically different from their own.… read more

[Controversies, 12] 2017. xviii, 225 pp.

Vom Paläolithikum zur Postmoderne – Die Genese unseres Epochen-Systems: Bd. II: Das 18. und 19. Jahrhundert

Andreas Kamp

Mit dem vorliegenden Buch setzen wir unsere Studie zur Genese der heutigen Epochen-Systematik fort. Aufgrund der ebenso vielfältigen wie profunden Transformationen, die während des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts stattfanden, konzentriert es sich, die Analyse der jüngeren Entwicklungen für den dritten… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 56] 2015. ix, 326 pp.

Epistemics of the Virtual

Johan F. Hoorn

Proposing a new theory of fiction, this work reviews the confusion about perceived realism, metaphor, virtual worlds and the seemingly obvious distinction between what is true and what is false. The rise of new media, new technology, and creative products and services requires a new examination of… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 12] 2012. x, 231 pp.

Vom Paläolithikum zur Postmoderne - Die Genese unseres Epochen-Systems: Bd. I: Von den Anfängen bis zum Ausgang des 17. Jahrhunderts

Andreas Kamp

Dies ist der erste Teil einer zweibändigen Studie zur Genese unseres heutigen, vom Anspruch her den chronologischen Verlauf der gesamten Menschheitsgeschichte strukturierenden „Epochen“-Systems. Der Band skizziert zunächst die geistesgeschichtlichen Prämissen. Von der rudimentären paläolithischen… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 50] 2011. ix, 309 pp.

The Practice of Reason: Leibniz and his Controversies

Edited by Marcelo Dascal †

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) dedicated much of his life to some of the most central debates of his time. For him, our chance of progress towards the happiness of mankind lies in the capacity to recognize the value of the different perspectives through which humans approach the world.… read more

[Controversies, 7] 2010. xvi, 359 pp.