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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268021825
- ISBN
- 9780268021825
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 0268042152 Notre Dame Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780268042158
- ISBN
- 9780268042158
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€ 28.54
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147574
- ISBN
- 9780691147574
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€ 53.48€ 42.28
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315683
- ISBN
- 9780745315683
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€ 40.99€ 31.49
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584657972
- ISBN
- 9781584657972
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€ 47.99€ 37.30
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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.
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- 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
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€ 44.25
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140140
- ISBN
- 9780231140140
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€ 26.99€ 20.47
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140249
- ISBN
- 9780231140249
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€ 80.81€ 62.02
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149211
- ISBN
- 9780231149211
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€ 37.99€ 27.55
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801473661
- ISBN
- 9780801473661
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€ 25.99€ 24.07
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006768
- ISBN
- 9780674006768
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€ 44.99€ 36.90
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674447561
- ISBN
- 9780674447561
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€ 52.23€ 48.17
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415639378
- ISBN
- 9780415639378
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€ 44.99€ 44.74
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754602040
- ISBN
- 9780754602040
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063862
- ISBN
- 9780252063862
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601694
- ISBN
- 9780691601694
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.15
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801437465
- ISBN
- 9780801437465
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€ 62.16
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721905
- ISBN
- 9780804721905
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727396
- ISBN
- 9780804727396
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Condition: New
€ 86.62
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759434
- ISBN
- 9780804759434
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
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