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Hardcover. Features debates eleven controversial issues in applied ethics. This book addresses topics that include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger. Editor(s): Cohen, Andrew I.; Wellman, Christopher. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115476
- ISBN
- 9781405115476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.90
€ 150.90
Paperback. As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to luck. This book presents a comprehensive new theory of luck in light of a critical appraisal of the literature's leading accounts, then brings this new theory to bear on issues in the theory of knowledge and philosophy of action. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459650
- ISBN
- 9781349459650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
paperback. Editor(s): Coates, Ken; Castro, Fidel; Obama, President Barack. Series: The Spokesman. Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851247557
- ISBN
- 9780851247557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.35
€ 9.35
Hardcover. Although current debates in epistemology and philosophy of mind show a renewed interest in perceptual illusions, there is no systematic work in the philosophy of perception and in the psychology of perception with respect to the concept of illusion and the relation between illusion and error. This book aims to fill that gap. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347908
- ISBN
- 9780230347908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardback. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509519743
- ISBN
- 9781509519743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.77€ 50.94
€ 58.77
€ 50.94
Paperback. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509519750
- ISBN
- 9781509519750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.82
€ 21.99
€ 17.82
hardcover. Examines the relationship between metaphor, art and science against the backdrop of modern European philosophy and, in particular, the work of Kant, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. This book explores the impact which the notion of cognitive metaphor has on key positions and concepts within aesthetics, epistemology and the philosophy of science. Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415324007
- ISBN
- 9780415324007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.07
€ 187.07
Paperback. "Free Will & Determinism". Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915144778
- ISBN
- 9780915144778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.79
€ 14.99
€ 12.79
Hardback. Debates about the nature of the Enlightenment date to the eighteenth century, when Immanuel Kant himself addressed the question, 'What is Enlightenment'? This book offers a paradigm-shifting answer to that query: Enlightenment is an event in the history of mediation. It establishes mediation as the condition of possibility for enlightenment. Editor(s): Siskin, Clifford; Warner, William. Num Pages: 568 pages, 24 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPCD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761473
- ISBN
- 9780226761473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.20€ 80.56
€ 95.20
€ 80.56
Paperback. This volume begins by taking up a central theme noted by the late Allan Bloom - Rousseau's critique of the bourgeois as the dominant modern human type and as a being fundamentally in contradiction, caught between the sentiments of nature and the demands of society. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226638560
- ISBN
- 9780226638560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Offers insightful discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place. This book treats the reader to an analysis of the American intellectual climate by someone who did much to shape it. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089560
- ISBN
- 9780691089560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205897742
- ISBN
- 9780205897742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.36
€ 162.36
Hardback. Lucid, insightful, and innovative, the essays in Roman Social Imaginaries constitute some of today's most original thinking about the power of language in the ancient world. Series: Robson Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA; HBLA1; HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650176
- ISBN
- 9781442650176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
Hardback. At some time around 200 AD, the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was "The Heavens" (Caelestia). This book contains an English translation of "The Heavens", along with an introduction, notes, and technical diagrams. Translator(s): Todd, Robert B.; Bowen, Alan C. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233256
- ISBN
- 9780520233256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.36
€ 83.45
€ 65.36
Paperback. Public policy responses to pressures for changes in the moral sphere have been sluggish and haphazard. Drawing together and adding to the latest thinking on morality, its causes, shifts, tensions, divergences and common features, Morality and Public Policy is intended to contribute to the rectification of this deficit. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447323822
- ISBN
- 9781447323822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.39
€ 35.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian faculties of reason and imagination, and involves the attempt to represent what is intrinsically unrepresentable. Through topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a form of radical theological thinking that is involved in the world. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227228
- ISBN
- 9780823227228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Ontology, Multiplicity, and Event. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. 232 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 12. Weight: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162692
- ISBN
- 9780231162692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162685
- ISBN
- 9780231162685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 80.25
€ 103.43
€ 80.25
Paperback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149839
- ISBN
- 9780231149839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 66 colour illustrations, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; JPVH; KCM; RGC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319504681
- ISBN
- 9783319504681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.26
€ 79.26