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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Hardback. William James' celebrated lecture on "The Will to Believe" has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this title, the author contributes some fresh contentions: that James' argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our over-beliefs. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217274
ISBN
9780823217274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.46

paperback. Provides a clear path to understanding James's philosophy even as he embraces James's complications and hesitations Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253007926
ISBN
9780253007926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. At Columbia University in 1906, William James gave a highly confrontational speech to the American Philosophical Association (APA). What was the goal of this unusual speech? This work reveals that James' trespassing of boundaries was an essential element of a broader intellectual and social project. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066523
ISBN
9780226066523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 45.65

Hardcover. This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange spanning 50 years between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Their correspondence demonstrates the persons, places, and events that effected the Euro-American world from 1861-1910. Editor(s): Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916941
ISBN
9780813916941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98

Paperback. Presents Wilhelm Dilthey's principal writings on aesthetics and the philosophical understanding of poetry, as well as representative essays of literary criticism. This book includes the essay, "The Imagination of the Poet" which is his attempt to examine the philosophical bearings of literature in relation to psychological and historical theory. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Series: Selected Works. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029283
ISBN
9780691029283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.94

hardcover. A translation of one the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on Continental philosophy and a broad range of scholarly disciplines. It presents Dilthey's main theoretical works from the 1890s. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691147499
ISBN
9780691147499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.99
€ 61.76

Hardback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319210643
ISBN
9783319210643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

Hardcover. Argues for the solution provided by ordinary language philosophy - a philosophy that trusts and utilizes the everyday use of language and the clarity of meaning it provides - and in doing so offers a major contribution to the philosophy of language and twentieth- and twenty-first-century philosophy as a whole. Translator(s): Ginsburg, Daniela. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470542
ISBN
9780226470542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171052
ISBN
9780231171052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171045
ISBN
9780231171045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.15

Paperback. The essays in this collection question the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244815
ISBN
9780226244815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Explores the inner reality of objects, the nature of consciousness and the power of the imagination. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584201212
ISBN
9781584201212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. This title presents an account of this defining period of Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235513
ISBN
9780571235513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Hardback. Intersectionality, the attempt to bring theories on race, gender, disability and sexuality together, has existed for decades as a theoretical framework. The essays in this volume explore how intersectionality can be applied to modern philosophy, as well as looking at other disciplines. Editor(s): Goswami, Namita; Yount, Lisa. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848934511
ISBN
9781848934511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.16

Hardback. In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444334487
ISBN
9781444334487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.65

Paperback. There are questions that have intrigued the world's great thinkers over the ages. They are questions that can teach us about the way we live, relate to each other and see the world. This work explores the essence of these ideas, introducing figures from Socrates to Thomas Aquinas, and concentrates on one philosophical question from each of them. Translator(s): Kolakowska, Agnieszka. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141035253
ISBN
9780141035253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. * This is a unique testimony to one of the most important literary friendships of our time. Robbe-Grillet, the master of the nouveau roman, considered Barthes, France s greatest postwar literary theorist and critic, as one of his very few true friends. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650791
ISBN
9780745650791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.70

Hardback. * This is a unique testimony to one of the most important literary friendships of our time. Robbe-Grillet, the master of the nouveau roman, considered Barthes, France s greatest postwar literary theorist and critic, as one of his very few true friends. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650784
ISBN
9780745650784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.29

Paperback. One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche continues to challenge the boundaries of conventional religion and morality with his subversive theories of the 'superman', the individual will, the death of God and the triumph of an all-powerful human life force. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Number of pages
96
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018973
ISBN
9780141018973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 56.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251850
ISBN
9780241251850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

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