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Paperback. Describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This title includes a foreword that situates the book within the theological conversation from which it emerged and conveys its continued relevance in the present century. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HRAM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300188790
- ISBN
- 9780300188790
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.00
€ 14.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. 'An impressive synthesis of semiotics and anthropology which puts human experience in a new light. Deely gives us the foundation for a new paradigm for anthropology.' -Nathan Houser, Peirce Edition Project Series: Sources in Semiotics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847678044
- ISBN
- 9780847678044
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Condition: New
€ 59.85
€ 59.85
Paperback. With this text, Leszek Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been - and always will be - a resevoir of mythical images that lend "being" and "consciousness" a specifically human meaning. Translator(s): Czerniawski, Adam. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450575
- ISBN
- 9780226450575
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. What is human nature? How is language related to thought - and should the connection be investigated socially or scientifically? This volume seeks to establish common ground among the disciplines examining the mind-brain continuum. Editor(s): Bohn, Ocke-Schwen; Gjedde, Albert; Saleemi, Anjum P. Num Pages: 399 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 770.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779340053
- ISBN
- 9788779340053
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Condition: New
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Paperback. Covers key philosophical, interpretive and textual issues, including an extensive further reading essay and translation notes. Editor(s): Denis, Lara; Gregor, Mary J. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107451353
- ISBN
- 9781107451353
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.09
€ 32.99
€ 28.09
Hardback. A study of the word pair "action and reaction" embracing philosophy, semantics, literature, and science. Translator(s): Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951207
- ISBN
- 9781890951207
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Examines arguments for belief in God and finds them all untenable. This book lays down reasons for atheism. It looks at the differences between agnosticism and atheism, and explores the common criticism that atheists dismiss the wrong god. It clarifies why proofs for God fail. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HRAB; HRQA5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119625
- ISBN
- 9781551119625
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.39
€ 44.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Many social scientists have sought to show that nature is not an eternal constant but an intrinsically unstable concept - a historical, cultural and social construct with powerful emotional, moral and political connotations. This book sets out to explore some of the implications of and lacunae in this push to 'denaturalise nature'. Editor(s): Roepstorff, Andreas; Bubandt, Nils. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889450
- ISBN
- 9788772889450
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Condition: New
€ 16.51
€ 16.51
Hardback. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. This fifth volume is largely focused on the metaphysics of time, with sections on time travel; persistence through time; and time, space, and location. Anyone who wants to know what's happening in metaphysics can start here. Editor(s): Zimmerman, Dean. Series: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- SKU
- V9780199575787
- ISBN
- 9780199575787
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Condition: New
€ 140.04
€ 140.04
Paperback. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell uses conceptual puzzles and paradoxes as a window into fundamental concepts of mathematics and physics. Num Pages: 170 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813025
- ISBN
- 9781554813025
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.54
€ 49.99
€ 35.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Broadview Edition. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119885
- ISBN
- 9781551119885
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Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. Students of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature will welcome this collection of original essays on self-deception and related phenomena such as wishful thinking, bad faith, and false consciousness. The book has six sections, each exploring self-deception and related phenomena from a different perspective. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Brian P.; Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Topics in Philosophy. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520061231
- ISBN
- 9780520061231
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€ 45.99€ 32.62
€ 45.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddleof existence from the ancient world to modern times. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780871403599
- ISBN
- 9780871403599
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Heidegger's writings are among the most formidable in the philosophy. The pivotal concepts of his thought are for many the source of both fascination and frustration. This title includes chapters that introduce and explain a key Heideggerian concept, or a cluster of closely related concepts. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406. Key Concepts. Series: Key Concepts. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Davis, Bret W. Heidegger's writings are among the most formidable in the philosophy. The pivotal concepts of his thought are for many the source of both fascination and frustration. This title includes chapters that introduce and explain a key Heideggerian concept, or a cluster of closely related concepts. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCF; HPCF3; HPJ. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651993
- ISBN
- 9781844651993
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.40
€ 44.99
€ 42.40
Paperback. Georg Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. This title features Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers. Translator(s): Andrews, John A. Y.; Levine, Donald N. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273303
- ISBN
- 9780226273303
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Hardback. Published in 1918, this title is the author's final work. Composed in the years before his death, it was, according to Simmel, his 'testament', a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety. Translator(s): Andrews, John A. Y.; Levine, Donald N. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757834
- ISBN
- 9780226757834
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Hardback. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067508
- ISBN
- 9780231067508
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156622
- ISBN
- 9780231156622
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Mackay, Robin. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167246
- ISBN
- 9780231167246
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Translator(s): Edlebi, Alyosha. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168946
- ISBN
- 9780231168946
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268006174
- ISBN
- 9780268006174
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. An introduction to ethical theory from a Christian perspective, this book examines the connection between moral theory, theology and metaphysics, approaching standard ethical theories from the standpoint of Christian theology. Series: Library of Religious Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017521
- ISBN
- 9780268017521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.92
€ 20.92
Paperback. Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics implies the moral gulf, holds that human beings are ultimately separate from nature. This title analyzes and challenges Thomas' understanding of the human soul, his primary justification for the moral separation. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022051
- ISBN
- 9780268022051
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover. Examining Albert's reading of "The Book of Causes", this text asks: how does he view the relation between faith and reason to identify creation with emanation from God; and how does he understand Platonism and Aristotelianism to find in a 5th-century Neoplatonist the key to Aristotle's meaning. Series: Publications in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268023515
- ISBN
- 9780268023515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57