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
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 78.75€ 60.35
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 109.35€ 82.56
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 69.12
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 58.23
€ 45.61