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Philosophy
Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517901837
- ISBN
- 9781517901837
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Condition: New
€ 13.20
€ 13.20
Paperback. Explores the connections between cognitive science, language, and meaning that first begun in the classic "Metaphors We Live By". This work concludes that the arts are the culmination of human attempts to find meaning and that studying the aesthetic dimensions of our experience is crucial to unlocking meaning's bodily sources. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 4 figures, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401935
- ISBN
- 9780226401935
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Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226324944
- ISBN
- 9780226324944
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. What is the difference between right and wrong? Combining cognitive science with a pragmatist philosophical framework, this book argues that appealing solely to absolute principles and values is not only scientifically unsound but even morally suspect. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113401
- ISBN
- 9780226113401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401690
- ISBN
- 9780226401690
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
paperback. "There are books few and far between which carefully, delightfully, and genuinely turn your head inside out. This is one of them. It ranges over some central issues in Western philosophy and begins the long overdue job of giving us a radically new account of meaning, rationality, and objectivity." Yaakov Garb, "San Francisco Chronicle"" Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226403182
- ISBN
- 9780226403182
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.25
€ 34.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Sets out an understanding of personal identity and the self, thereby providing a naturalistic account of surviving death. This title shows different theological conceptions of the afterlife are either incoherent or at odds with the workings of nature. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130132
- ISBN
- 9780691130132
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Responding to the recent upsurge of interest in Thomas Aquinas, this book goes straight to the heart of the contemporary debates about Thomism. * Focuses on the concept of authority, both in terms of Aquinas's own attitude to authority, and how the Church authorities have used Aquinas's texts. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112208
- ISBN
- 9781405112208
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Condition: New
€ 152.05
€ 152.05
Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725461
- ISBN
- 9780674725461
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Condition: New
€ 61.06€ 57.11
€ 61.06
€ 57.11
Hardback. This book traces the history of the idea of citizenship, and argues for a new model for the next century. In the style of Michael Ignatieff's The Needs of Strangers, Kingwell takes a long look at what citizenship has meant in the past and what it means today. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512665
- ISBN
- 9780742512665
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.46
€ 34.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. Uncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220145
- ISBN
- 9780631220145
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Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Victims and the Postmodern Narrative or Doing Violence to the Body: An...
Mark Ledbetter~David Jasper
Hardcover. This volume suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. It sets out to show through a reading of stories from the Bible, that violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic are not new to the postmodern world. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB; DSBH; HPQ; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532638
- ISBN
- 9780333532638
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Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590179024
- ISBN
- 9781590179024
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.52
€ 17.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Lilla, Mark. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780691605678
- ISBN
- 9780691605678
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.13
€ 52.99
€ 38.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405324
- ISBN
- 9781474405324
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.83
€ 33.99
€ 29.83
Explores how the processes and practices of politics shape political values, such as liberty, justice, equality, and democracy. Mining the history of political episodes and political thinkers, this book argues that it is through political activity that 'values are articulated and embraced, and they become powerful motivating forces'. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024885
- ISBN
- 9780674024885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.69€ 72.48
€ 78.69
€ 72.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: ACXD7; BG; BGL; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 185 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Publisher
- Black Widow Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979513787
- ISBN
- 9780979513787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.72
€ 33.99
€ 33.72
Updated and revised, the Second Edition of Danto and His Critics presents a series of essays by leading Danto scholars who offer their critical assessment of the influential works and ideas of Arthur C. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673447
- ISBN
- 9780470673447
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Condition: New
€ 129.60
€ 129.60
Hardback. Includes 90 documents, short essays, letters, statements and lectures, written by Rothko. This book includes annotation and a chronology of the artist's life and work. It presents a compilation of both published and unpublished writings from 1934-69, telling the importance of writing for an artist who many believed had renounced the written word. Editor(s): Lopez-Remiro, Miguel. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300114409
- ISBN
- 9780300114409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.07
€ 37.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. Helps you understand basic philosophical concepts through the plots and characters of spectacular blockbusting science-fiction movies. This book teaches about: the nature of reality from "The Matrix"; good and evil from "Star Wars"; morality from "Aliens"; personal identity from "Total Recall"; the mind-body dilemma from "Terminator"; and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091903886
- ISBN
- 9780091903886
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Philosopher and the Wolf comes a gripping and provocative story of one man's life through a philosophical lens Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847089502
- ISBN
- 9781847089502
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Hardback. Our memories, many believe, make us who we are. But most of our experiences have been forgotten, and the memories that remain are often wildly inaccurate. How, then, can memories play this person-making role? The answer lies in a largely unrecognized type of memory: Rilkean memory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190241469
- ISBN
- 9780190241469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.02
€ 117.02
Paperback. Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the years has been the rise and rise of fame. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651573
- ISBN
- 9781844651573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Mark Rowlands explores the intimate relationship between running and thinking, especially thoughts about the meaning of life, in this brilliant follow-up to The Philosopher and the Wolf Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082633
- ISBN
- 9781847082633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81