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Paperback. Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606696
- ISBN
- 9780199606696
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€ 13.99€ 10.87
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hardcover. From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HP; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660205
- ISBN
- 9780674660205
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€ 40.99€ 34.03
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Hardback. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 912 pages, 195 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351870
- ISBN
- 9781584351870
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€ 47.99€ 30.91
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Paperback. Part of a two-volume set of work containing words of all four books comprising the "Essay", this book provides marginal analyses of almost every paragraph, and explanatory footnotes which comment, elaborate and explain difficult points. Editor(s): Winkler, Kenneth P. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Hackett Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202160
- ISBN
- 9780872202160
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€ 18.99€ 15.20
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Paperback. Leading philosopher's guide to the ideas that will shape the 21st century. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826188
- ISBN
- 9780753826188
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780936246
- ISBN
- 9781780936246
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€ 34.99€ 29.74
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Paperback. In July 2014 the Belgian newspaper Le Soir claimed that France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the United States may lose between 43 and 50 per cent of their jobs within ten to fifteen years. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 283 x 34. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509506316
- ISBN
- 9781509506316
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.86
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Hardcover.
This is a new book from two of the world?s leading social thinkers
The book is a wide-ranging analysis of the way in which social practices shape our sense of selfhood in the modern world The authors argue that the world in which we live today is one of uncertainty where nothing can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690162
- ISBN
- 9780745690162
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€ 66.09
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Paperback. Brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, one of the foremost philosophers of science. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 43 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345756
- ISBN
- 9780822345756
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€ 41.99€ 29.90
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Paperback. For fifty years Hubert Dreyfus has done pioneering work which brings phenomenology and existentialism to bear on the philosophical and scientific study of the mind. This is a selection of his most influential essays, developing his critique of the representational model of the mind in analytical philosophy of mind and mainstream cognitive science. Editor(s): Wrathall, Mark A. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198777298
- ISBN
- 9780198777298
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Condition: New
€ 59.78
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Paperback. Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts - concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This work considers life, action, and practice successively, attempting to exhibit these interrelated concepts as pure categories of thought, and to show how a proper exposition of them must be Aristotelian in character. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063983
- ISBN
- 9780674063983
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.70
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107181625
- ISBN
- 9781107181625
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Condition: New
€ 116.14
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169118
- ISBN
- 9780691169118
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985022
- ISBN
- 9780141985022
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199929047
- ISBN
- 9780199929047
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Condition: New
€ 89.56
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Paperback. This text proposes a theory of evolving ways of knowing that allows a view of adult development similar to that of child development: an open-ended process, born of the dynamic interaction of cultural demands and emerging mental capabilities. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; JMA; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674445888
- ISBN
- 9780674445888
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€ 42.99€ 35.59
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Paperback. Drawing on esoteric, spritual and philosophical thought, this book considers the all-important question -- why are we here? -- and offers a counter-argument to the current nihilsm prevalent in our world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Floris Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782500025
- ISBN
- 9781782500025
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
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Paperback. At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141041889
- ISBN
- 9780141041889
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. Epistemology as it has traditionally been pursued has been impoverished by the lack of any theoretical framework conducive to revealing the ethical and political aspects of our epistemic conduct. Miranda Fricker shows that virtue epistemology provides a general epistemological idiom in which these issues can be fruitfully and forcefully discussed. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570522
- ISBN
- 9780199570522
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.84
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Paperback. Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper conceptof freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Series: Provocations. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803284371
- ISBN
- 9780803284371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17