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Paperback. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450862
ISBN
9781349450862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. The book examines Lucretius' conception of the philosophic life, and the reaction to the human and political implications of the discovery of nature. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137292315
ISBN
9781137292315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Paperback. The belief in equality as the basis of a just society is fundamental to the dominant western, liberal viewpoint. Yet, the standard individualist justification for it is weak and contradictory. This book provides a radically new communitarian account of the value of equality and establishes it's proper limits. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349460519
ISBN
9781349460519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761816911
ISBN
9780761816911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.74

Paperback. Presents a commentary on - and reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". This title provides a reading of the text, giving an account of the positions against which Descartes was reacting, and revealing anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Meditations. Num Pages: 528 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135618
ISBN
9780691135618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Professor Carey's frontal assault on the principles and practices of literary modernism caused an immediate critical storm, establishing itself as a key text for all future discussion of the subject. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571169269
ISBN
9780571169269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Hardback. You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, aren't kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196659
ISBN
9781405196659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.67

Paperback. You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, aren't kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196642
ISBN
9781405196642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

Paperback. "Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" is considered a standard text in the history of moral philosophy as well as a classic work of moral philosophy in its own right. This guide provides a paragraph-by-paragraph account of the main themes of Kant's moral philosophy and a clear statement of his overall philosophical aims and arguments. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184. An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. 224 pages. "Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" is considered a standard text in the history of moral philosophy as well as a classic work of moral philosophy in its own right. This guide provides a paragraph-by-paragraph account of the main themes of Kant's moral philosophy and a clear statement of his overall philosophical aims and arguments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight: 184.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647255
ISBN
9780748647255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. "Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" is considered a standard text in the history of moral philosophy as well as a classic work of moral philosophy in its own right. This guide provides a paragraph-by-paragraph account of the main themes of Kant's moral philosophy and a clear statement of his overall philosophical aims and arguments. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. 224 pages. "Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" is considered a standard text in the history of moral philosophy as well as a classic work of moral philosophy in its own right. This guide provides a paragraph-by-paragraph account of the main themes of Kant's moral philosophy and a clear statement of his overall philosophical aims and arguments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 13. Weight: 290.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647262
ISBN
9780748647262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.55
€ 124.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Riverrun Pr
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714542836
ISBN
9780714542836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. This entirely new English translation of Buridan's classic treatment of logical consequence aims to make accessible to the modern reader the foremost treatment of the subject in the middle ages. The translation is accompanied by an introduction in which Buridan's ideas are set in their historical context and clearly explained. Translator(s): Read, Stephen. Series: Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies (FUP). Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBLC1; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257188
ISBN
9780823257188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking. Series Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405117104
ISBN
9781405117104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.46

Paperback. A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
College
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937961
ISBN
9780393937961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.54

Paperback. Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking. Series Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118656051
ISBN
9781118656051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Paperback. This study uses techniques from economics to illuminate fundamental questions in ethics, particularly in the foundations of utilitarianism. Topics considered include the nature of teleological ethics, the foundations of decision theory, the value of equality and the moral significance of a person's continuing identity through time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199724
ISBN
9780631199724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardcover. The essays in this collection address a diverse range of themes in the work of Jacques Derrida, including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature. Editor(s): Brannigan, John; Robbins, Ruth (Lecturer in English, University of Luton); Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333656624
ISBN
9780333656624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 123 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921427
ISBN
9781628921427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. How can egalitarian ideals be put into action? This book sets out a fresh interdisciplinary model for equality studies. Integrating normative questions about the ideal of equality with empirical issues about the nature of inequality, it applies a fresh framework to a range of contemporary inequalities. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JHBA; JPA; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227163
ISBN
9780230227163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.88

Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882292854
ISBN
9780882292854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.17

Hardcover. Presents an analysis of Hans-Georg Gadamer's famous and obscure theme of the verbum interius or 'inner word'. This book offers a history of the idea of the inner word in ancient and medieval thought, its place in German philosophy, and its significance for probing the deepest implications of hermeneutic understanding. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; HRCG3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020347
ISBN
9780268020347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Paperback. Drawing on such writers and thinkers as Plato, Tolstoy, Freud and Stendhal, this title explores how our perception of love is formed by culture and history. It is suitable for those who believe or disbelieve in love. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: HP; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140294712
ISBN
9780140294712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. There has been a surprising absence of a general philosophical overview of progress as a method of articulating human meaning. This book attempts to fill this gap. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635032
ISBN
9780838635032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.59

Paperback. Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486 - these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. This title analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of questions such as, Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036656
ISBN
9780691036656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 46.76

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