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History of Western philosophy

hardcover. Presents a study of ancient logic based upon the John Locke lectures given by the eminent philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. This book discusses: certain ancient ideas about truth; the Aristotelian conception of predication; various ideas about connectors which were developed by the ancient logicians and grammarians; and more. Num Pages: 562 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 982. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032431
ISBN
9780199282814
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. W. J. Mander presents the first ever synoptic history of British Idealism, the school of thought which dominated English-language philosophy from the 1860s to the early 20th century. He restores to its proper place this neglected period of philosophy, introducing the exponents of Idealism and explaining its distinctive concepts and doctrines. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198705840
ISBN
9780198705840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.01

Paperback. Highlights and defines the independent, and original voice of American continental philosophy. Editor(s): Brogan, Walter; Risser, James; Davis, Brett. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 9 b&w photos, 3 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213761
ISBN
9780253213761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.27

paperback. This book focuses on how recent Anglo-American philosophy has challenged deeply held notions of subjectivity, mind, and language. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 46. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032472
ISBN
9780521568326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Pythagorean theory inspired philosophers in the 4th and 5th centuries AD to develop theories in physics and metaphysics based on mathematical models. This book uses newly discovered evidence to examine these theories. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCA; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032497
ISBN
9780198239130
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. These essays examine a crucial premise of traditional readings of Plato's dialogues: that Plato's own philosophical dialogues can be read off the statements made in the dialogues by Socrates and other leading characters. The text argues that no character should be read as Plato's mouthpiece. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032517
ISBN
9780847692194
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. This book considers how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen. Translator(s): Cartledge, Paul. Num Pages: 306 pages, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032522
ISBN
9780521423571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This treatise offers a new solution to the famous puzzle of the so-called "gymnastic" half of Plato's "Parmenides". The author shows that the work serves to introduce a metaphysics which had outgrown problems commonly associated with Plato's middle dialogues, creating a bridge to his later work. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032558
ISBN
9780195064452
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032561
ISBN
9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. In this sequel to "The Concept of Music", Robin Maconie teases out the musical science underlying subjects as diverse as Pythagoras's theorem, Plato's city state, mysteries of religion, myth, and folklore, theories of the mind, and key insights of Newton, Freud, and Einstein. Num Pages: 232 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: AVA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032567
ISBN
9780198166481
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Beginning with a definition of the pre-rational meaning of "truth" in archaic Greece, Detienne traces the lineage of the concept. Its distinct difference from the logic of the western philosophers is discussed and a movement from a religious to a secular thought about truth is identified. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 231 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Zone Books – MIT
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032568
ISBN
9780942299854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. An examination of a fundamental aspect of the intellectual history of early modern Europe. Editor(s): Leites, Edmund. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HPC; JFCX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032595
ISBN
9780521301138
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. An exploration of the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032596
ISBN
9780521621809
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 677. Volume 33 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032619
ISBN
9780199238019
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032620
ISBN
9780333747117
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624. Volume 32 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032621
ISBN
9780199227310
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032638
ISBN
9780300139112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680. Volume 24 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032645
ISBN
9789027714510
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This volume considers the important contributions to philosophy made by the philosophers of the Hellenistic schools. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032651
ISBN
9780521402026
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This text reconstructs Lakatos's original counter-arguments from lectures and correspondence previously unpublished in English, allowing us to enjoy the "fun" two of this century's most eminent philosophers had, matching their wits and ideas on the subject of the scientific method. Editor(s): Motterlini, Matteo. Num Pages: 462 pages, 7 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032655
ISBN
9780226467740
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

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