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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Hardback. This book uses the writings of T. S. Eliot and Walter Benjamin to examine the fraught relationship between literary and historical form during the modernist period. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799041
ISBN
9780804799041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.98

Hardback. Traces Rhetoric from its composition through its preservation in Greece and Rome; investigates its emergence in the Middle Ages; and explores the development of its editions in Greek and Latin. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819528
ISBN
9780810819528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.72

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 434 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; GBC; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850651
ISBN
9780810850651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.09

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810853683
ISBN
9780810853683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.15

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810854932
ISBN
9780810854932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.97

Hardback. This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself. Editor(s): Hahn, Lewis Edwin. Series: Library of Living Philosophers. Num Pages: 840 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812691726
ISBN
9780812691726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.65
€ 52.74

Paperback. Wolfhart Pannenberg has been a significant voice in the dialogue between religion and science. This collection addresses his position therein and analyzes various topics from behavioural genetics to evolutionary ecology. Editor(s): Albright, Carol Rausch; Haughen, Joel; Haugen, Joel. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; HRCM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812693263
ISBN
9780812693263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.76

Hardback. In this work, the author attempts to define Benjamin Franklin's role as a philosopher. The book lays out in detail Franklin's ideas in four areas: science, religion, morality and politics; ultimately concluding that Franklin should be considered an early figure in the Pragmatist movement. Num Pages: 324 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812693867
ISBN
9780812693867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.94
€ 56.44

Hardback. Celebrating Eliot Deutsch's project promoting understanding of Asian philosophical ideas among Westerners, these essays discuss and comment on his ideas. Topics covered in the essays include mysticism, aesthetics and truth. Also included are Deutch's own replies to the essays. Editor(s): Ames, Roger T. Series: Critics & Their Critics. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPDF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694055
ISBN
9780812694055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.01

Hardback. Argues that philosophy of human freedom has been transformed by developments in science, especially evolution. The author accounts for freedom and creativity, and tests his theory with examples from drug addiction, hypnosis, slavery, brainwashing, and creative leaps in thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694062
ISBN
9780812694062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.60

Paperback. Argues that philosophy of human freedom has been transformed by developments in science, especially evolution. The author accounts for freedom and creativity, and tests his theory with examples from drug addiction, hypnosis, slavery, brainwashing and creative leaps in thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694079
ISBN
9780812694079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.93

Hardback. This examination of Simone de Beauvoir's form of existentialism pays special attention to her work, "The Ethics of Ambiguity", in which de Beauvoir draws from many thinkers in the continental tradition to argue that one's own freedom is intertwined with that of others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694420
ISBN
9780812694420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.28

Hardback. This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time. Editor(s): Perkins Jr, Ray (Professor of Philosophy, Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA). Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694499
ISBN
9780812694499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.50

Paperback. Written between 1972 and 1999 by the late Professor, this collection of essays deals with controversial and topical issues in philosophy of science, education, and morality. It also features exchanges between the author and other leading philosophers, including a dialogue with Eger's colleague and friend, the eminent philosopher, Abner Shimony. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 30. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694611
ISBN
9780812694611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.27

paperback. The cult sci-fi movie, "The Matrix", presented a fake world made of nothing but perceptions. This text contains 20 essays on philosophical problems raised by the film, which focus on the issue, "Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it?". Editor(s): Irwin, William. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780812695021
ISBN
9780812695021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. If ethics encompasses not just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the theme uniting these essays by leading Chinese and Western philosophers. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPDF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812695359
ISBN
9780812695359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.16

Paperback. Fifteen experts on topics like mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Monty Python movies. This volume follows the same hit format as the other titles in this series and explains all the philosophical concepts in laymen's terms. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812695939
ISBN
9780812695939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. Offers a look at the 'golden age' of American philosophy. This volume focuses upon the activities of the American philosophical associations - the Western Philosophical Association and the American Philosophical Association - that were founded at the beginning of the twentieth century and that merged in to the APA in 1927. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812696028
ISBN
9780812696028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. The "Book of Causes" was judged by Thomas Aquinas to have been abstracted from Proclus' "Elements of Theology". This commentary is a distinct philosophical work which provides an extended view of his approach to Neoplatonic thought and functions as a guide to his metaphysics. Translator(s): etc.; Hess, Charles R. (Adjunct Lecturer in Ecclesiastical Latin, Dominican School, Berkeley, California, USA); Taylor, Richard C. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA); Guagliardo, Vincent A. Num Pages: 258 pages, bibliography, references. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208442
ISBN
9780813208442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Hardback. Examines the two main insights that govern Claude Bruaire's ontology of gift (ontodology). First, gift is being in its spiritual way of being. Second, being itself (ipsum esse) is gift only because the fullness proper to pure act is first of all an absolutely free donation in itself and to itself before being donation to another (creation). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813214436
ISBN
9780813214436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

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