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Paperback. One of the world's leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments. Includes 77 of Dennett's most successful "imagination-extenders and focus-holders.O Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 61. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348781
ISBN
9780393348781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Elucidates a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought - the relationship of the mind and body. This work develops a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on the advances in the field that came to be known as cognitive science. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415567862
ISBN
9780415567862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Is there really such a thing as free will? How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are just a cluster of cells and genes in a world determined by scientific laws? In this title, the author provides a defense of free will. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283891
ISBN
9780140283891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262527798
ISBN
9780262527798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.56

Paperback. Explores how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness. This title explains how science has exploded the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140128673
ISBN
9780140128673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069173
ISBN
9780226069173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233946
ISBN
9780823233946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.98

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780823233953
ISBN
9780823233953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Provides a look at how Spinoza went from being one of Judaism's most notorious outcasts to one of its most celebrated, if still highly controversial, cultural icons, and a powerful and protean symbol of the first modern secular Jew. This book chronicles Spinoza's posthumous odyssey from marginalized heretic to hero. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142913
ISBN
9780691142913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761811619
ISBN
9780761811619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.71

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226155463
ISBN
9780226155463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.97

hardcover. In this volume, Daniel A. Dombrowski defends the ontological argument against its contemporary critics. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521863698
ISBN
9780521863698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 84.98

Paperback. Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of 'Asian values' argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers shouldn't try to push human rights and democracy onto Asian states. This book attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691005089
ISBN
9780691005089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.32

Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. This book shows how classical Confucian theory - with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good - is highly relevant to the pressing dilemmas. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRKN1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130057
ISBN
9780691130057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. The possibility to analyse human behaviours taking account of the multiple contexts in which they occur, has opened a new research avenue in social sciences. This book considers, through examples drawn from different social sciences, the methodological challenges multilevel analysis permits to answer and points out the limitations of these models. Editor(s): Courgeau, Daniel. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014758
ISBN
9781402014758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. Focuses on five general issues of health care for elderly population: the meaning of old age, the goals of medicine and health care for the elderly, the balance between the needs of the young and old, the pressures of other social priorities, and the role of families, especially the burden on women, in long-term care. Editor(s): Callahan, Daniel. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSP31; MBDC; MBP; MJX; MQCL4; MQCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406326
ISBN
9780878406326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.50

paperback. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691135946
ISBN
9780691135946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.64

Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086934
ISBN
9780691086934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.24

Paperback. Argues that Hannah Arendt"�'s reconceptualization of the nature and value of political action has been covered over and domesticated by admirers. This book explores Arendt's modernity, and indeed her postmodernity, through the Heideggerian and Nietzschean theme of a break with tradition at the closure of metaphysics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044002
ISBN
9780691044002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.44

Paperback. A distinguished team of contributors examines the primary themes of Arendt's multi-faceted thought. Editor(s): Villa, Dana R. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. 324 pages. Editor(s): Villa, Dana R. A distinguished team of contributors examines the primary themes of Arendt's multi-faceted thought. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight: 508.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521645713
ISBN
9780521645713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.04

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