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paperback. The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the disciplinea s canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabenda s Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. Num Pages: 170 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032726
- ISBN
- 9780631179184
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paperback. This book, first published in 2000, explores a range of diverse issues in the intersection of biology and epistemology. Editor(s): Creath, Richard; Maienschein, Jane. Series Editor(s): Ruse, Michael. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032728
- ISBN
- 9780521597012
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paperback. This work describes how four major American thinkers practiced philosophy non-reductively by incorporating the arts and other human activities. It analyzes Peirce, Dewey, Santayana and Buchler, showing how the importance they placed on the human can cure what is missing from recent philosophy. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032731
- ISBN
- 9780847683109
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paperback. These essays illustrate trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. Social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, but this study looks at its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Clark, Stuart. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032736
- ISBN
- 9780333793497
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paperback. Series: William James Lectures. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032764
- ISBN
- 9780674537866
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paperback. A history of technology from Graeco-Roman times to the twentieth century told through historical writings. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032766
- ISBN
- 9780262610018
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paperback. Scientific naturalism, or scientism, is the theory that science has all the answers. This book argues that not all philosophical explanations can be reduced to scientific ones. Refuting support for scientism, it suggests that reliabilist and causal theories of epistemic justification are unsound. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032768
- ISBN
- 9780812693805
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paperback. This book brings together essays by one of the pre-eminent scholars of informal logic. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032772
- ISBN
- 9780521618533
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paperback. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRK; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032775
- ISBN
- 9780892816033
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paperback. The second of this two-volume anthology containing new translations of important works on political philosophy written during the Renaissance. Editor(s): Kraye, Jill. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Volume II only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032778
- ISBN
- 9780521587570
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paperback. Presents an interdisciplinary reference work suitable for students and researchers concerned with the nature of knowledge. This book consists of 42 alphabetically arranged entries on key concepts at the intersection of philosophy and sociology - what used to be called "sociology of knowledge" but is now increasingly called "social epistemology". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBA; PDA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032779
- ISBN
- 9781844650989
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Ruling Passion: The Erotics of Statecraft in Platonic Political Philos...
Waller Newell Carleton University
paperback. This is a study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the "Georgias", "Symposium" and "Republic". It explores eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032781
- ISBN
- 9780847697274
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paperback. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's Meditations serves as an introduction to Descartes's philosophy for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers, and it incorporates much recent Descartes scholarship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032782
- ISBN
- 9780195380323
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paperback. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. Editor(s): Garrett, Don. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032783
- ISBN
- 9780521398657
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hardcover. An exploration of the roles of metamorphosis and hybridity in the establishment of personal identity, with particular emphasis on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032790
- ISBN
- 9781890951221
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hardcover. In Florence in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, the essentially medieval values of the age of Dante were transformed into the intellectual attitudes characteristic of the early Renaissance. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032794
- ISBN
- 9780521085175
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hardcover. This is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. It features contributors from Michael Wedin and Dominic Scott, and discusses issues ranging from the meaning of Socratic Intellectualism, to Aristotle on the fantastic abilities of animals in De Anima 3.3. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 571. Volume XIX only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032802
- ISBN
- 9780199242269
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hardcover. This volume provides essays on the Laws, Plato's last dialogue and major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. Editor(s): Bobonich, Christopher. Series: Cambridge Critical Guides. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 546. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032829
- ISBN
- 9780521884631
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hardcover. While Saint Augustine has been a household name for centuries, the same cannot be said of philosopher John Poinsot. This book contends that the history of semiotics cannot be conceived of without Poinsot's landmark contribution. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032830
- ISBN
- 9781589661738
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hardcover. Faced with the difficult task of discerning Plato's true ideas from the contradictory voices he used to express them, scholars have never fully made sense of the many incompatibilities within and between the dialogues. This title explains how these prose dramas cohere to reveal a comprehensive Platonic understanding of philosophy. Num Pages: 896 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1315. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032833
- ISBN
- 9780226993355
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