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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Paperback. This volume asserts that many philosophical controversies really depend upon whether a particular language should be used. The author explores a "Principle of Tolerance", by which everyone is free to mix and match the rules of language. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695243
- ISBN
- 9780812695243
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€ 35.99€ 30.86
€ 35.99
€ 30.86
Hardcover. National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?" Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871401007
- ISBN
- 9780871401007
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.14
€ 25.99
€ 24.14
Peter Goldie explores the ways in which we think about our lives-our past, present, and future-in narrative terms. He draws on work in philosophy, psychology, history, and literature, and argues that although there may not be such a thing as a narrative self, having a narrative sense of self is at the heart of what it is to understand ourselves. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HPK; HPM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230730
- ISBN
- 9780199230730
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Condition: New
€ 112.54
€ 112.54
Paperback. The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557868572
- ISBN
- 9781557868572
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Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Paperback. Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: GTR; HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529563
- ISBN
- 9780262529563
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.31
€ 23.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. In this capstone work of his career, Bruce W. Wilshire builds on William James's concept of the much-at-once to develop a holistic philosophy of the experiencing body, giving special attention to the importance of music, and engaging a rich array of thinkers and composers ranging from Jefferson and James to Beethoven and Mahler. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268344
- ISBN
- 9780823268344
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€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Offers a theory of rationality, the one characteristic deemed to fix humanity's "specialness." This book combines speculations with investigations to portray the nature and status of rationality and the essential role that imagination plays in this singular human aptitude. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020969
- ISBN
- 9780691020969
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.81
€ 46.99
€ 40.81
Paperback. This book employs a philosophical approach to the "new wounded" (brain lesion patients) to stage a confrontation between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology, focused on the issue of trauma and psychic wounds. It thereby reevaluates the brain as an organ that is not separated from psychic life but rather at its center. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Forms of Living (FUP). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JM; MJN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239689
- ISBN
- 9780823239689
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 118 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529846
- ISBN
- 9780262529846
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€ 33.99€ 22.55
€ 33.99
€ 22.55
Paperback. Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, history of philosophy, and philosophy of science. Thirty-seven specially written chapters by some of the world's leading philosophers provide the most comprehensive critical guide available to issues surrounding causation. Editor(s): Beebee, Helen; Hitchcock, Christopher; Menzies, Peter. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 806 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1410.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 806
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642588
- ISBN
- 9780199642588
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Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. This is the definitive guide to phenomenology today. It includes discussions of such diverse topics as intentionality, embodiment, perception, naturalism, temporality, self-consciousness, language, knowledge, ethics, politics, art and religion, and demonstrate the breadth and value of phenomenology's contributions to contemporary thought. Editor(s): Zahavi, Dan. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198753025
- ISBN
- 9780198753025
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Condition: New
€ 55.75
€ 55.75
Paperback. Presents an introduction to logical atomism and its application to ontology and epistemology. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415474610
- ISBN
- 9780415474610
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.18
€ 23.99
€ 22.18
Paperback. Provides a curated collection of scholarship on the philosophy of luck. This book offers an in-depth examination of the concept of luck, which has often been overlooked in philosophical study. It includes discussions of luck from a range of philosophical perspectives, including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and cognitive science. Editor(s): Pritchard, Duncan; Whittington, Lee John. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119030577
- ISBN
- 9781119030577
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Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Paperback. Without stigmatizing commercial activity, this book takes a philosophical and anthropological look at the universe of the gift, debt, and money in the West from ancient Greece to the present in order to examine how and why knowledge has long been assumed to be priceless. Translator(s): Morhange, Jean-Louis. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760829
- ISBN
- 9780804760829
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
The Principles of History. And Other Writings in Philosophy of History...
Collingwood, R. G.. Ed(S): Dussen, W. J. Van ...
Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199243150
- ISBN
- 9780199243150
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Condition: New
€ 90.00
€ 90.00
Paperback. This is a radical interpretation of Deleuze's Logic of Sense. It focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and brings Deleuze's work into relation with the traditions of process philosophy and American pragmatism. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456. Deleuze's Logic of Sense. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. 304 pages. This is a radical interpretation of Deleuze's Logic of Sense. It focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and brings Deleuze's work into relation with the traditions of process philosophy and American pragmatism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 18. Weight: 456.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643646
- ISBN
- 9780748643646
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Hardback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119023
- ISBN
- 9780231119023
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Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.28
€ 108.84
€ 83.28
Paperback. The follow-up to THE MEANING OF THINGS which continues AC Grayling's philosophical journey through life Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817131
- ISBN
- 9780753817131
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481017
- ISBN
- 9780801481017
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
hardcover. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022899
- ISBN
- 9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58