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Paperback. This introduction to religious ethics focuses on the major forms of ethical reasoning encompassing the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Mathewes considers both ethical reasoning and how that reasoning reveals insights into a religious tradition. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133524
ISBN
9781405133524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.01

Paperback. Philosophy has long puzzled over the relation between mind and brain. This volume presents some of the state-of-the-art reflections on philosophical efforts to 'make sense' of neuroscience, as regards issue including neuroaesthetics, brain science and the law, neurofeminism, embodiment, race, memory and pain. Editor(s): Wolfe, Charles T. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMM; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350575
ISBN
9781349350575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Hardback. This text tackles one of the most difficult problems facing the Western theistic tradition: to show the consonance between eternal punishment and the goodness of God. The author develops an understanding of hell, combining historical breadth with detailed argumentation. Series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363644
ISBN
9780792363644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.65

Hardcover. This volume on classical philology includes, among others, the following contributions: Francis Cairns, "Virgil Eclogue 1.1-2: A literary Program?"; John Hunt, "Readings in Apollonius of Tyre"; Alexander Jones, "Geminus and the Isia"; and Peter Knox "Lucretius on the Narrow Road". Editor(s): Segal, Charles; Henrichs, Albert; Higbie, Carolyn; Jones, Christopher; Nagy, Gregory. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 426 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AHA; CF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379473
ISBN
9780674379473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.29

Paperback. A key to unlocking one of Heidegger's most difficult and important works. Editor(s): Scott, Charles E.; Schoenbohm, Susan; Vallega-Nu, Daniela; Vallega, Alejandro Arturo. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214652
ISBN
9780253214652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

hardcover. Num Pages: 962 pages, 23 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1932
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674138001
ISBN
9780674138001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 299.99
€ 197.45

hardcover. Follows Peirce from May 1890 through July 1892 - a period of turmoil as his career unravelled at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey. This title includes reviews and essays from "The Nation" in which Peirce critiques Paul Carus, William James, Comte Lombroso, and Karl Pearson, and takes part in a famous dispute between Frank E Abbot and Josiah Royce. Editor(s): Peirce Edition Project. Series: Selections from the Writings of Charles S. Peirce. Num Pages: 824 pages, 10 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 1474. Weight in Grams: 1315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Chronological ed
Number of pages
824
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253372086
ISBN
9780253372086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. Features important philosophical papers of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce. This volume presents twenty-five key texts, chronologically arranged, beginning with Peirce's "On a New List of Categories" of 1867, and ending with the systematic presentation of his evolutionary metaphysics in the "Monist Metaphysical Series". Num Pages: 448 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253207210
ISBN
9780253207210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Human rights have become one of the most important moral concepts in global political life over the last 60 years. Charles Beitz, one of the world's leading philosophers, offers a compelling new examination of the idea of a human right. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199604371
ISBN
9780199604371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 349 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536. Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks. 384 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 228 x 349 x 26. Weight: 580.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472664
ISBN
9780801472664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470851456
ISBN
9780470851456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.62

Hardcover. An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470851449
ISBN
9780470851449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.14

Hardback. In these selected essays, Charles Parsons surveys the contributions of philosophers and mathematicians who shaped the philosophy of mathematics over the past century: Brouwer, Hilbert, Bernays, Weyl, Godel, Russell, Quine, Putnam, Wang, and Tait. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBCD; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728066
ISBN
9780674728066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.69
€ 62.27

Hardcover. This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle for sexual or blood-lustful arousal; and second, that its emergence owes as much to Puritan Protestantism and its inner- or this-worldly asceticism as does the emergence of modern rationalized capitalism. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137556752
ISBN
9781137556752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401939
ISBN
9781137401939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Samuel Weiser, Inc. York Beach, maine
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877280675
ISBN
9780877280675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.58

Paperback. * Draws a selection of texts from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. * Spans centuries of skeptical and anti--skeptical arguments, from Socrates to Rorty. Editor(s): Landesman, Charles; Meeks, Roblin. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213543
ISBN
9780631213543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.52

Hardback. Explains our common-sense understanding of perception and defends a representative theory of perception as an alternative form of understanding more in accord with the results of science. This book argues against color realism and defends the view that nothing has color. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792325864
ISBN
9780792325864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.55

Paperback. This text presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophy's sceptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213567
ISBN
9780631213567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. This book is the ideal introduction to the fundamental problems and issues of epistemology. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and is valuable both as a core text for beginning students and as support material for more advanced courses. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202134
ISBN
9780631202134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.36

Hardback. An introduction to the fundamental problems and issues of epistemology. The book takes the reader through a discussion of the basis of human knowledge in sense-perception and the accuracy of sense-perception in conveying knowledge of the external world. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202127
ISBN
9780631202127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.17

Paperback. Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work is hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy to literature, to art, architecture and cultural studies. This guide to Deleuzian thought includes chapters on the event and philosophy. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356. 288 pages. Editor(s): Stivale, Charles J. Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work is hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy to literature, to art, architecture and cultural studies. This guide to Deleuzian thought includes chapters on the event and philosophy. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 21. Weight: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844652884
ISBN
9781844652884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.19

Hardback. A focus on the postliberal project, the state of critical theory and the arguments of the poststructuralists. The book examines the interchange of the three within the philosophical landscape and the shape of a religious epistemology after modernity, based upon the critique of this landscape. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805199
ISBN
9780761805199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.08

Paperback. Analysing how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, this work examines the false certainties of science and religion. It builds a theory of meaning, based on the research for identity the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 123 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Edition
Revised
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0005971
ISBN
9780099227724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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