History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Paperback. In this new edition of the text, Arthur Fine looks at Einstein's philosophy of science and develops his own views on realism. A new afterword discusses the reaction to Fine's own theory. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249490
- ISBN
- 9780226249490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Hardcover. This is an introduction to the basic, experimental, trial-and-error process by which we acquire and validate facts and beliefs and through which we gain understanding and truth. Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826513038
- ISBN
- 9780826513038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.52
€ 89.52
Paperback. Through arresting narratives we meet a woman aiding refugees in sub-Saharan Africa, facing the chaos of a meaningless society and a doctor trying to stay alive during Mao's cultural revolution - individuals challenged by their societies and in existential moral experiences that define what it means to be human. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195331325
- ISBN
- 9780195331325
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Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631332
- ISBN
- 9780691631332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.72
€ 144.72
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601694
- ISBN
- 9780691601694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardcover. Philosophical esotericism - the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts "between the lines" - was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The author serves as our deeply knowledgeable guide in this capacious and engaging history of philosophical esotericism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175096
- ISBN
- 9780226175096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, xx, 308 p. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519791
- ISBN
- 9780226519791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201841
- ISBN
- 9780811201841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Examines ethics, religion and psychology. This selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191591
- ISBN
- 9780141191591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Paperback. Translator(s): Payne, E. F. J. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Rep Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204423
- ISBN
- 9780872204423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.40
€ 23.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. What is the meaning of life? How should I live? Is there any purpose to the universe? Generations have turned to the great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer because he tackled the big issues. This title presents a collection of Schopenhauer's work. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061768248
- ISBN
- 9780061768248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.36
€ 13.99
€ 11.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 694 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217628
- ISBN
- 9780486217628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.96
€ 30.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Schopenhauer's perception of the importance of art, morality and self awareness in a blind struggle against a Godless, meaningless world radically transformed our understanding of the individual and remains a searing vision of the human condition. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018942
- ISBN
- 9780141018942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Hardback. One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 105 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395913
- ISBN
- 9780141395913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. A selection of Schopenhauer's writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and other themes taken from his last work, "Parerga and Paralipomena". It depicts humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442274
- ISBN
- 9780140442274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Translator(s): Payne, E. F. J. Num Pages: 564 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690. 564 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 26. Weight: 604. Translator(s): Payne, Eric F.J.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Number of pages
- 564
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217611
- ISBN
- 9780486217611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.68
€ 27.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their doctrines are here presented in more accessible, self-contained form than in his larger work, and in a new translation, introduced by Christopher Janaway, that preserves Schopenhauer's style in modern English. Translator(s): Cartwright, David; Erdmann, Edward E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199297221
- ISBN
- 9780199297221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.18
€ 14.99
€ 12.18
Paperback. A new translation of the popular philosophical essays that made Schopenhauer famous, including his 'Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life'. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316616420
- ISBN
- 9781316616420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.67
€ 45.99
€ 44.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474242004
- ISBN
- 9781474242004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.75
€ 49.75
Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147178
- ISBN
- 9780691147178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46