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Paperback. At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141041889
- ISBN
- 9780141041889
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New introduction by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157429
- ISBN
- 9780691157429
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.64
€ 29.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every action. This title draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241953907
- ISBN
- 9780241953907
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.47
€ 11.99
€ 5.47
Paperback. Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? This book explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241953914
- ISBN
- 9780241953914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. This work suggests that some Enlightenment hopes of progress must be extinguished if people are to learn to respect cultural diversity and accept ecological limits. Respect for the Earth and for other species and cultures means abandoning the utopian and arcadian projects that haunt modern thought. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618821
- ISBN
- 9780745618821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.17
€ 24.17
Paperback. Part of the acclaimed "Philosophers and Their Critics" series, this title deals with the work of Ernest Sosa, one of the most influential contemporary epistemologists. Editor(s): Greco, John. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217992
- ISBN
- 9780631217992
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Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226978550
- ISBN
- 9780226978550
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.79
€ 48.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. If Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But this text challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who was immensely more influential than the one philosophers think they know. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226978598
- ISBN
- 9780226978598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 49.40
€ 58.80
€ 49.40
Paperback. Reconstructing the critiques of positivism, John H. Zammito argues that positivist theories of science provide very little support for fashionable postmodern approaches to science studies. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226978628
- ISBN
- 9780226978628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rogge, Benjamin A. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966211
- ISBN
- 9780913966211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
€ 14.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Thomas Reid was one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century and a contemporary of Kanta s. This volume is part of a new wave of international interest in Reid from a new generation of scholars. The volume opens with an introduction to Reida s life and work, including biographical material previously little known. Editor(s): Haldane, John; Read, S.L. Series: Philosophical Quarterly Special Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405109055
- ISBN
- 9781405109055
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Condition: New
€ 34.11
€ 34.11
Paperback. Ethics, Society and Culture. Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs. 250 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 23. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845401825
- ISBN
- 9781845401825
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Condition: New
€ 25.46
€ 25.46
Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely across the fields of metaphysics, epistemlogy, philosophy of mind and action, and theory of value with most linking analytical and Aristotelian-Thomistic ideas and some focusing on Aquinas in particular. Editor(s): Haldane, John. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268034672
- ISBN
- 9780268034672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Hardcover. Knowing how to be good is immensely important. The same goes for knowing how to make others be good-otherwise known as 'moral enhancement'. John Harris explores the many varied approaches to moral enhancement, from setting a good example to imbibing mood-altering substances, and asks whether and to what extent moral enhancement is possible. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707592
- ISBN
- 9780198707592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.25
€ 75.25
Paperback. Intends to dismantle objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148168
- ISBN
- 9780691148168
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Series: Forerunners: Ideas First. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFZ; JHMC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816696840
- ISBN
- 9780816696840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00
€ 13.00
Paperback. * Volume 24 of Philosophical Perspectives, an annual, which aims to publish original essays by the foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume focusing on a major area of philosophical research . Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339550
- ISBN
- 9781444339550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. Philosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research. Editor(s): Hawthorne, John; Turner, Jason. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 300 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118330852
- ISBN
- 9781118330852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
paperback. Explores how the ancient Greeks regarded the capacity of speech as the defining human characteristic. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780521117784
- ISBN
- 9780521117784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.15
€ 58.15
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Both an anthology and commentary, it contains a collection of classical and contemporary readings on the subject, as well as substantial editorial material, which set the extracts in context and guide the reader through them. Editor(s): Heil, John. Num Pages: 936 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1438.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 932
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199253838
- ISBN
- 9780199253838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05