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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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.92
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.56
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 99.99€ 84.98
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 46.32
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.64
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 42.24
€ 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
€ 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
€ 35.04