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Hardcover. This volume contains a selection of the talks given at the Philosophy of History seminar in the IHR, London, in the period 2000-6. It puts students, historians, teachers of History and anyone else interested in the subject in touch with what is being researched and discussed today at the cutting edge of Philosophy of History studies. Editor(s): Macfie, A. L. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004573
- ISBN
- 9780230004573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardcover. Based on detailed studies of the actual use of genetic testing in context, this book looks at the ethical and political questions raised by the expanding role of genetic information in society. In contrast to the established perspective which focuses on individual freedom, the authors emphasize a pragmatic approach focussed on societal learning. Editor(s): Vries, Gerard de; Horstman, Klasien. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; MBDC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005358
- ISBN
- 9780230005358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This collection of new essays aims to address some of the most perplexing issues arising from death and dying, as well as the moral status of persons and animals. Leading scholars, including Peter Singer and Gerald Dworkin, investigate diverse topics such as animal rights, vegetarianism, lethal injection, abortion and euthanasia. Editor(s): Li, Hon-Lam; Yeung, Anthony. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006508
- ISBN
- 9780230006508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The neurosciences propose that the concept of will is scientifically untenable - it is our brain rather than our 'self' that controls our choices. Yet we seem to be confronted with increasing free choice in all areas of life. Using up-to-date empirical research in the social sciences and philosophy, this volume addresses the seeming contradiction. Editor(s): Maasen, Sabine; Sutter, Barbara. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013438
- ISBN
- 9780230013438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. The first survey in the English language of the history of naturalistic monism in the works of Haeckel, Spinoza, and others. Contributors demonstrate that, to a greater extent than previously shown, monism provided an essential epistemological framework for numerous religious, political and cultural movements between the 1840s and 1940s. Editor(s): Weir, Todd H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113732
- ISBN
- 9780230113732
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind. Editor(s): Brassey, Alexis; Barber, Stephen. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCX; KJG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201484
- ISBN
- 9780230201484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory. Editor(s): Pigden, Charles R. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205208
- ISBN
- 9780230205208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardcover. This collection is devoted to questions in meta-ethics and moral psychology arising from the work of David Hume. The collection focuses on questions arising from Hume's views on reason, motivation and virtue including new essays from notable Hume scholars. Editor(s): Pigden, Charles R. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205277
- ISBN
- 9780230205277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. Which practices count as resistance? Why, where, and how does resistance emerge? When is resistance effective, and when is it truly progressive? In addressing these questions, this book brings together novel theoretical and empirical perspectives from a diverse range of disciplinary and geographical locales. Editor(s): Cheliotis, Leonidas K. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JFM; JKV; JPV; YQH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210394
- ISBN
- 9780230210394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Editor(s): Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219403
- ISBN
- 9780230219403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardcover. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510. 304 pages. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219410
- ISBN
- 9780230219410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardcover. This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view. Editor(s): Tabensky, Pedro Alexis. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219557
- ISBN
- 9780230219557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them? Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446. Series: Philosophers in Depth. 272 pages, 1 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219670
- ISBN
- 9780230219670
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Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This volume brings together distinguished Wittgenstein scholars and renowned philosophers of language in order to examine what Wittgenstein has to say about language and to assess its significance for contemporary philosophy. Editor(s): Whiting, Daniel. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219687
- ISBN
- 9780230219687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardcover. This is the first edited collection to bring together classic pieces and new work by leading scholars of Thomas Reid. The contributors explore key elements of Reid's ideas about moral epistemology, moral emotions, moral agency and practical ethics. Editor(s): Roeser, Sabine. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219694
- ISBN
- 9780230219694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis. Editor(s): Bruin, Boudewijn Paul de; Zurn, Christopher F. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221222
- ISBN
- 9780230221222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis. Editor(s): Bruin, Boudewijn Paul de; Zurn, Christopher F. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221239
- ISBN
- 9780230221239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Hardcover. A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Hazlett, Allan. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222328
- ISBN
- 9780230222328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Hardcover. This collection brings together the latest work of some of the world's leading Marxist philosophers and new young researchers. Based upon work presented at meetings of the Marx and Philosophy Society, it offers a unique snapshot of the best current scholarship on the philosophical aspects and implications of Marx's thought. Editor(s): Chitty, Andrew; McIvor, Martin. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222373
- ISBN
- 9780230222373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. New Waves in Philosophy of Science captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a pool of talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's heading. Editor(s): Magnus, P. D.; Busch, Jacob. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222632
- ISBN
- 9780230222632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15