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paperback. This volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics. Editor(s): Inwood, Brad. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 450 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032734
- ISBN
- 9780521779852
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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. Num Pages: 226 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- SevenStar Communications,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032729
- ISBN
- 9780937064023
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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. 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. James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Allen masters a broad range of ancient texts, discussing Aristotle, the Sceptics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of his topic. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032722
- ISBN
- 9780199550494
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paperback. This first volume of biophysicist and philosopher Henri Atlan's masterpiece takes up the question of the techniques and sciences linked to the fabrication of living beings while following unexpected paths of religion and philosophy through the Talmud, Spinoza, the Kabbalah, Leibnitz, and more. Translator(s): Schramm, Lenn J. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612. Volume I only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032715
- ISBN
- 9780804760270
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paperback. Uniting 30 years of scholarship, this book is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. It reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032713
- ISBN
- 9780226503691
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paperback. Occidental Eschatology is a study of apocalypticism and its effects on Western philosophy. One of the great Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, Taubes published only this one book during his life, and here the English translation finally becomes available. Translator(s): Ratmoko, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032707
- ISBN
- 9780804760294
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paperback. The web of myth and symbolism in Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the "ishraqi" school of thought. This work aims to show Suhrawardi as a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification. Series: Routledge Sufi Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032704
- ISBN
- 9780700704125
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€ 5.65
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paperback. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. Editor(s): Inwood, Brad. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Volume XXXIX only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032703
- ISBN
- 9780199597123
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Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. ...
Paul Lawrence Lawrence Farber
paperback. Many naturalists are drawn, consequently, to deeper philosophical and ethical issues: What is the extent of our ability to understand nature? And, understanding nature, will we be able to preserve it? Naturalists question the meaning of the order they discover and ponder our moral responsibility for it."-from the Introduction Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 152 pages, 22, 15 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; PDR; PDX; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032698
- ISBN
- 9780801863905
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hardcover. In this book, Paul Stern provides a full-length treatment of the political character of Plato's Theaetetus. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032693
- ISBN
- 9780521884297
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hardcover. This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science. Series Editor(s): Skyrms, Brian; Adams, Ernest W.; Binmore, Ken; Butterfield, Jeremy; Diaconis, Persi; Harper, William L.; Harsanyi, John; Jeffrey, Richard C.; Spohn, Wolfgang. Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, references. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 525. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032675
- ISBN
- 9780521623872
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hardcover. Zina Giannopoulou offers a new reading of Theaetetus, Plato's most systematic examination of knowledge, alongside Apology, Socrates' speech in defence of his philosophical practice, and argues that the former text is a philosophical elaboration of the latter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032671
- ISBN
- 9780199695294
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hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032664
- ISBN
- 9780801437755
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hardcover. This book focuses on the political thought of late eighteenth-century Britain, discussing the crisis of the early modern state provoked by the American revolution and setting it in its European context. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 488 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 788. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032661
- ISBN
- 9780521442596
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hardcover. Based on research into public and private papers, this biography offers an interpretation both of the significance of Nasir al-Din Shah and the way in which the Iranian monarchy withstood and adjusted to the challenges of modern times. Num Pages: 288 pages, line drawings, halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTG; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris Publishers London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032660
- ISBN
- 9781860640971
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hardcover. This text reconstructs Lakatos's original counter-arguments from lectures and correspondence previously unpublished in English, allowing us to enjoy the "fun" two of this century's most eminent philosophers had, matching their wits and ideas on the subject of the scientific method. Editor(s): Motterlini, Matteo. Num Pages: 462 pages, 7 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032655
- ISBN
- 9780226467740
Hardback
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€ 5.65
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Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
(Edited By Jacques Brunschwig And Martha C. N...
hardcover. This volume considers the important contributions to philosophy made by the philosophers of the Hellenistic schools. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032651
- ISBN
- 9780521402026
Hardback
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€ 5.65
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