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Paperback. Science can answer any question we choose to put to it, even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour, and our cultures. The author here, puts forth her corrective view that without poetry or literature, or music, or history, or even theology we cannot hope to understand our humanity. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415378482
- ISBN
- 9780415378482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.47
€ 26.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253987
- ISBN
- 9780415253987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. This title argues that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Series: Heretics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182. Darwin and the Selfish Gene. Series: Heretics. 176 pages. Explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. This title argues that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPX; PDA. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight: 160.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652532
- ISBN
- 9781844652532
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Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. Mary Midgley is one of the UK's foremost moral philosophers. This book presents her story in this moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching. It sheds light on Mary's friends, her moral philosophy and her meetings with major philosophers, including Wittgenstein and Isaiah Berlin. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415371391
- ISBN
- 9780415371391
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Condition: New
€ 30.73
€ 30.73
Paperback. Originally published: 2004. With new foreword. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415610247
- ISBN
- 9780415610247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.68
€ 21.68
Paperback. Contradicts the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically. This book argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691029399
- ISBN
- 9780691029399
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Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 55.00
€ 70.56
€ 55.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Gill, Mary Louise; Lennox, James G. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603902
- ISBN
- 9780691603902
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Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.91
€ 64.68
€ 49.91
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
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780761810568
- ISBN
- 9780761810568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.53
€ 132.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171748
- ISBN
- 9780231171748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.59€ 78.67
€ 103.59
€ 78.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171755
- ISBN
- 9780231171755
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.97
€ 36.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions--ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259420
- ISBN
- 9780226259420
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. This book elucidates the ways in which German Idealist authors such as Kant, Fichte, Friedrich Schlegel and Hegel envisioned the conjunction of spontaneous activity and receptivity towards culturally transmitted models in the context of aesthetic experience, philosophical thought, textual communication and literary criticism. Series: Idiom Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 313 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268290
- ISBN
- 9780823268290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.98
€ 69.98
Paperback. * Assembles the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the early modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period. * Features the writings of the major philosophical, scientific, and political thinkers of the time, including Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz and Spinoza. Editor(s): Martinich, Al P.; Allhoff, Fritz; Vaidya, Anand Jayprakash. Series: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135672
- ISBN
- 9781405135672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.17
€ 45.17
Hardback. * Assembles the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the early modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period. * Features the writings of the major philosophical, scientific, and political thinkers of the time, including Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz and Spinoza. Editor(s): Martinich, Al P.; Allhoff, Fritz; Vaidya, Anand Jayprakash. Series: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135665
- ISBN
- 9781405135665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.93
€ 121.93
Hardcover. Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political. Num Pages: 629 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HPDF; HRAM2; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 629
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504301
- ISBN
- 9780674504301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.74€ 70.74
€ 78.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between ontology and ethics in the early work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, notably the "Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus" and the "Notebooks, 1914-1916". The book argues that his views on ethics decisively shaped his ontological and semantic thought. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804742221
- ISBN
- 9780804742221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardcover. Martin Smith explores the question of what it takes for a belief to be justified or rational. He argues that in order to have justification for believing a proposition, one's evidence must normically support it-roughly, one's evidence must make the falsity of that proposition abnormal in the sense of calling for special, independent explanation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198755333
- ISBN
- 9780198755333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.45
€ 113.45
Hardcover. Ever since Kant and Hegel, the notion of autonomy - the idea that we are beholden to no law except one we impose upon ourselves - has been considered the truest philosophical expression of human freedom. This book uncovers dangers in the notion of autonomy as it was originally conceived by Kant. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155487
- ISBN
- 9780226155487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.37
€ 50.99
€ 39.37
Hardback. Translator(s): Farrell, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743808
- ISBN
- 9780804743808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.21
€ 135.21