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Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116671
- ISBN
- 9781405116671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.31
€ 50.31
Hardcover. Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116664
- ISBN
- 9781405116664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.97
€ 142.97
Paperback. With hand-drawn woodcut-style images, this primer on three-dimensional space takes the reader on a journey into the world of the regular solids, with reference to Plato, Kepler and other famous figures from history who were obsessed with these forms. With detailed appendices, this is a book for specialists and amateurs alike. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; HPCA; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263395
- ISBN
- 9781904263395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.23
€ 9.23
Paperback. Examining the tools and methods that the Romans employed for their investigations of nature, as well as their cultural, intellectual, political, and religious contexts, the author shows that the Romans had sophisticated and novel approaches to nature, approaches that were empirically rigorous, philosophically rich, and epistemologically complex. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143217
- ISBN
- 9780226143217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Hardcover. 'Virtue Ethics' is an approach to normative ethical theory that takes the consideration of character as fundamental to ethical reflection. This book collects classical sources and central expressions of this tradition. It includes Aristotle, the classical source of 'nonmoral' virtue theory, and is intended for those interested in normative theory. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231134
- ISBN
- 9780631231134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.00
€ 141.00
Paperback. This volume collects both the major classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of deontology. In addition to Kant, classical selections from Richard Price and W.D. Ross are included. Contemporary writers represented include Robert Nozick, Thomas Nagel and Stephen Darwall. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231127
- ISBN
- 9780631231127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.53
€ 36.53
Paperback. Contractualism/Contractarianism collects, for the first time, both major classical sources and central contemporary discussions of these important approaches to philosophical ethics. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative ethics. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231103
- ISBN
- 9780631231103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.96
€ 38.96
Hardcover. Contractarianism and contractualism are instances of an approach to normative ethical theory that stresses reciprocity and mutual consent. This book collects both classical sources and discussions of these approaches to philosophical ethics. It includes work by Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant, and is intended for those interested in normative ethics. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231097
- ISBN
- 9780631231097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.50
€ 140.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635769
- ISBN
- 9781566635769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.22
€ 27.99
€ 25.22
Paperback. Everything you need to know about Plato's Republic in one volume. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627790
- ISBN
- 9780748627790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.34
€ 27.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226460246
- ISBN
- 9780226460246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Hardback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652566
- ISBN
- 9780745652566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Paperback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652573
- ISBN
- 9780745652573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Glover, Darla. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE2; JFMX; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634853149
- ISBN
- 9781634853149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.05€ 132.30
€ 177.05
€ 132.30
Paperback. * an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080748
- ISBN
- 9781844080748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. This book examines Bakhtin as a Modernist, "exilic" thinker, engaged with the question of ethical subjectivity, aligned with contemporary Continental philosophers such as Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas, and positioned at a crossroads of the human sciences. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSA; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785839
- ISBN
- 9780804785839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Belief in the doctrine of Original Sin is firmly held by many Christians, but it turns out that it's not necessarily biblical. Further, argues Danielle Shroyer, it's bad for people and bad for the church. In Original Blessing, Shroyer shows not only how we got it wrong, but how we can put sin back in its rightful place. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fortress Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451496765
- ISBN
- 9781451496765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.96
€ 18.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A tour de force. . . . No one has ever written a book on the Declaration quite like this one. Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books" Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490446
- ISBN
- 9781631490446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. Num Pages: 244 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118454398
- ISBN
- 9781118454398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.28
€ 35.28
Hardcover. An yearbook which presents the wise words of a leading personality in Far Eastern thought or literature for every day of the year, accompanied by photographs of Asia's people and places. Num Pages: 752 pages, 380 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; AJC; GBCY; HPDF; VXA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2012.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500543450
- ISBN
- 9780500543450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.41
€ 33.99
€ 31.41