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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. In The Extravagant, Robert Baker explores the interplay between poetry and philosophy in the modern period. He aims to illuminate adventures of "extravagant" or "wandering" language that is in the world. Also shaping the book is that a dialectic of instrumental reason and creative negativity has been at work throughout modern culture. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021825
ISBN
9780268021825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. In this collection of essays, first delivered as lectures in 1998, Peter Geach confronts some of the most difficult issues in philosophy. He addresses not only problems of logic and analytical philosophy, but also of epistemology and ethics, covering human nature, goodness, truth and love. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
0268042152 Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042158
ISBN
9780268042158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.54

Hardback. John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves - yet it is widely thought to be wrong. This book argues that in fact it is Locke's critics who are wrong, and that the famous objections to his theory are invalid. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147574
ISBN
9780691147574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.28

Paperback. 'Provides important contributions to understanding one of the past century's most original thinkers.' Douglas Kellner, UCLA Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745315683
ISBN
9780745315683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simile Num Pages: 282 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657972
ISBN
9781584657972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.30

Hardback. One of the most influential contemporary thinkers, Foucault produced a complex body of work across a wide range of disciplines. Editor(s): O'Leary, Timothy; Falzon, Christopher. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405189606
ISBN
9781405189606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.25

Hardback. What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. This book presents the authors' radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140140
ISBN
9780231140140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Hardback. Examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. The author looks at a varied collection of primary sources: the "Rig Veda", the "Upanishads", and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, among others. Translator(s): Rotem, Ornan. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140249
ISBN
9780231140249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 62.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149211
ISBN
9780231149211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801473661
ISBN
9780801473661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Paperback. The well-known Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco discloses for the first time to English-speaking readers the unsuspected richness, breadth, complexity, and originality of the aesthetic theories advanced by the influential medieval thinker Thomas Aquinas, heretofore known principally as a scholastic theologian. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Num Pages: 302 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006768
ISBN
9780674006768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.90

Paperback. Can quite different values be rationally weighed against one another? If not, then what are the implications for moral and legal decision-making? This book explores the philosophical struggle behind these questions. Editor(s): Chang, Ruth. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQ; HPCF; HPL; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674447561
ISBN
9780674447561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.23
€ 48.17

Paperback. Series: Thinkers for Architects. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415639378
ISBN
9780415639378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Hardcover. The problems of divine foreknowledge and future contingents can be put rather simply: how can God know the future without this entailing that the future come about necessarily? Chris Schabel's study dwells and expands upon this conundrum. Series Editor(s): Knuuttila, Professor Simo; MacDonald, Professor Scott; Marenbon, Dr. John; Martin, Dr. Christopher James. Series: Ashgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy. Num Pages: 382 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HPCB; HRAB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754602040
ISBN
9780754602040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Paperback. Includes essays which call for a rethinking of a variety of forms of alienation in light of contemporary dynamics and an understanding of the dialectic of human selfhood and social participation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063862
ISBN
9780252063862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

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

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437465
ISBN
9780801437465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.16

Paperback. This is a systematic treatise on freedom. Finding its guiding motives in Kant's second Critique and working its way up to and beyond Heidegger and Adorno, this book marks the most advanced position in the thinking of freedom that has been proposed after Sartre and Levinas. Translator(s): McDonald, Bridget. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721905
ISBN
9780804721905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. In a series of studies over the last 30 years, Henrich has shown that Holderlin played a decisive role in the development of philosophy from Kant to Hegel. This book includes six of Henrich's most important essays on Holderlin. Editor(s): Forster, Eckart. Series: Studies in Kant & German Idealism. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727396
ISBN
9780804727396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.62

Paperback. This work offers a new interpretation of what Levinas means when he says that we are infinitely responsible to the other person. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759434
ISBN
9780804759434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

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