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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. This text introduces university students to the philosophical ethos of critical thinking, as well as to the essential skills required to practice it. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110592
ISBN
9781551110592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.75
€ 60.35

Paperback. A presentation of the nature of human agency and the individual's own experience of himself as an agent. This work questions activity, the self and its presence. It offers an understanding of what it is to be alienated from oneself, incorporating issues such as human freedom and self-deception. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847682072
ISBN
9780847682072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.53

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649221
ISBN
9780691649221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13. BIC Classification: AVA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801431296
ISBN
9780801431296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. The author offers fresh contexts to approach art, philosophy and the resonance between them. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 halftones, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; AB; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226274256
ISBN
9780226274256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.07

Paperback. Examining Levinas's texts and readings by Derrida, Blanchot, and Bataille, this text shows how the thread of the literary leads to the internal tensions of Levinas's ethical discourse. It provides a critical account of Levinas's early and mature philosophy as well as later transitional essays. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226721132
ISBN
9780226721132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Stauffer, Jill; Bergo, Bettina G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144049
ISBN
9780231144049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.35
€ 82.56

Paperback. Since 1979, when Richard Rorty's "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature" appeared, there has been a flood of scholarship on the philosophy of John Dewey. Many of the authors of this collection are philosophers who have created some of the most original and influential work in this new scholarship. Editor(s): Garrison, Jim. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JNA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATIO
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792334460
ISBN
9780792334460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardback. Critics have claimed that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a primitivist who was uncritically preoccupied with "noble savages," and that he remained oblivious to the African slave trade and so used "slavery" and "freedom" callously. This book demonstrates why these charges are wrong. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 33. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257294
ISBN
9780823257294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Hardback. Develops a fresh interpretation of "Aristotle's Metaphysics". This book states that Aristotle's science of being has two distinct aspects: an investigation of the basic constituents of reality in terms of categories, predication, and definition, and an investigation which deals with change, process, and order of the world. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015373
ISBN
9781402015373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.32

Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CB; HB; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663018070
ISBN
9783663018070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.59

Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: 127 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663030683
ISBN
9783663030683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.12

Paperback. A biography of Soren Kierkegaard, it potrays him as a man whose writings came to control him. It explores the events and relationships that formed Kierkegaard including his guilt-ridden relationship with his father, his rivalry with his brother, and his tortured relationship with his fiancee Regine Olsen. Translator(s): Kirmmse, Bruce H. Num Pages: 896 pages, 32 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127880
ISBN
9780691127880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

paperback. Martin Heidegger himself rejected the notion of ethics, while his endorsement of Nazism is widely viewed as unethical. This major new study examines the complex and controversial issues involved in bringing them together. Num Pages: 234 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 385. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025110
ISBN
9780415096508
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692166
ISBN
9780745692166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.67

Paperback. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 287 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692173
ISBN
9780745692173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.66

Hardcover. Editor(s): Joas, Hans; Huebner, Daniel R. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 2. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226376943
ISBN
9780226376943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.56
€ 56.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Isaac, Joel; Kloppenberg, James T.; Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer; O'Brien, Michael. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190459475
ISBN
9780190459475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.52

Hardcover. An anthology that provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603847469
ISBN
9781603847469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.61

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