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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Paperback. Natural law is that which addresses moral choices through reason and through objective understandings of human nature and human goods, not through the dictates of a transcendent being. This volume is a critical exploration of natural law theory. Editor(s): Cherry, Mark J. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048184873
- ISBN
- 9789048184873
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Sets out an understanding of personal identity and the self, thereby providing a naturalistic account of surviving death. This title shows different theological conceptions of the afterlife are either incoherent or at odds with the workings of nature. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130132
- ISBN
- 9780691130132
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist's intuition. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377883
- ISBN
- 9781137377883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
The Self and its Defenses. From Psychodynamics to Cognitive Science.
Marraffa, Massimo; Paternoster, Alfredo
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137573841
- ISBN
- 9781137573841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.35
€ 75.35
Paperback. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401043939
- ISBN
- 9789401043939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.99
€ 193.99
Paperback. This original and innovative book is an exploration of one of the key mysteries of the mind, the question of consciousness. Conducted through a one month course of both practical and entertaining 'thought experiments', these stimulating mind-games are used as a vehicle for investigating the complexities of the way the mind works. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337099
- ISBN
- 9781444337099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.76
€ 24.76
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPK; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Spektrum United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658081034
- ISBN
- 9783658081034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.71
€ 109.71
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472525710
- ISBN
- 9781472525710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
paperback. In this book the author argues that human musical understanding is rooted in the traditions of culture and that experience of music depends crucially on what the individual brings to it. Series: Swansea Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349117383
- ISBN
- 9781349117383
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Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Paperback. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 432 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103174
- ISBN
- 9780226103174
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Using the example of prehistoric paintings discovered in the late 19th century in Spain and France Cave Art, Perception and Knowledge inquires into epistemic questions related to images, depicting and perception that this rich material has given rise to. The book traces the outline of the doxa of cave art studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACC; HDA; HPK; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271969
- ISBN
- 9781137271969
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Is nature creation or merely the product of non-intentional, natural processes? The author aims to recover the Christian sense that it is obvious that nature is creation and argues that biological nature has expressive properties similar in kind to human behaviour and art. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393134
- ISBN
- 9780230393134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Is nature creation or merely the product of non-intentional, natural processes? The author aims to recover the Christian sense that it is obvious that nature is creation and argues that biological nature has expressive properties similar in kind to human behaviour and art. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352234
- ISBN
- 9781349352234
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Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
paperback. Offering a new perspective on the debate concerning naturalism in philosophy, this book defends the autonomy of metaphysics while also making science centre stage. Three independent case studies provide a clear introduction to, and discussion of, key philosophical issues. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433919
- ISBN
- 9781349433919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. It offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657669
- ISBN
- 9780470657669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.69
€ 126.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages, 5 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AVGT; HPK; HPN; HR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 257 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478344
- ISBN
- 9781137478344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 125 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319252391
- ISBN
- 9783319252391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.57
€ 77.57
Paperback. Galileo's trial over his theories on the Earth's motion ended with his condemnation by the Inquisition. This book judiciously compares and contrasts that trial and the subsequent controversy over the rightness of that condemnation continuing to our day. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731646
- ISBN
- 9789400731646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Paperback. Does the self - a unified, separate, persisting thinker/owner/agent - exist? Drawing on Western philosophy, neurology and Theravadin Buddhism, this book argues that the self is an illusion created by a tier of non-illusory consciousness and a tier of desire-driven thought and emotion, and that separateness underpins the self's illusory status. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK; HPM; HRAB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283033
- ISBN
- 9781349283033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319392660
- ISBN
- 9783319392660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21