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Philosophy written in English is overwhelmingly analytic philosophy, and the techniques and predilections of analytic philosophy are not only unhistorical but anti-historical, and hostile to textual commentary. Here, ten philosophers explore the tensions between, and the possibilities of reconciling, analytic philosophy and history of philosophy. Editor(s): Sorell, Professor Tom; Rogers, G. A. J. Series: Mind Association Occasional Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199278992
- ISBN
- 9780199278992
Condition: New
€ 197.05
€ 197.05
This classic collection of essays, first published in 1968, represents H.L.A. Hart's landmark contribution to the philosophy of criminal responsibility and punishment. Unavailable for ten years, this new edition reproduces the original text, adding a new critical introduction by John Gardner, a leading contemporary criminal law theorist. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199534777
- ISBN
- 9780199534777
Condition: New
€ 193.71
€ 193.71
This is a much-needed interdisciplinary investigation of empathy. Leading researchers from philosophy and psychology explore the role of empathy in our capacity to understand other people and predict what they think, feel, and do; the part it plays in our ethical responses to others; and its importance to our appreciation of art and fiction. Editor(s): Coplan, Amy; Goldie, Peter. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPN; HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539956
- ISBN
- 9780199539956
Condition: New
€ 153.60
€ 153.60
Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
. Ed(S): Pickave, Martin; Shapiro, Lisa
This volume explores emotion in medieval and early modern thought, and opens a contemporary debate on the way emotions figure in our cognitive lives. Thirteen original essays explore the key themes of emotion within the mind; the intentionality of emotions; emotions and action; and the role of emotion in self-understanding and social situations. Editor(s): Pickave, Martin; Shapiro, Lisa. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199579914
- ISBN
- 9780199579914
Condition: New
€ 131.67
€ 131.67
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606214
- ISBN
- 9780199606214
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
This volume presents twelve original papers on the idea that moral objectivity is to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all can accept. The contributors offer new perspectives, some sympathetic and some critical, on constructivist understandings - Kantian or otherwise - of morality and reason. Editor(s): Lenman, James; Shemmer, Yonatan. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199609833
- ISBN
- 9780199609833
Condition: New
€ 146.92
€ 146.92
Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our nature. Population growth and technological advances are threatening to undermine the conditions of worthwhile life on earth forever. We need to modify the biological bases of human motivation to deal with this challenge. Series: Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199653645
- ISBN
- 9780199653645
Condition: New
€ 76.71
€ 76.71
History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The second volume traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199695447
- ISBN
- 9780199695447
Condition: New
€ 165.82
€ 165.82
Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199917648
- ISBN
- 9780199917648
Condition: New
€ 119.50
€ 119.50
Paperback. Argues that the concept of truth is not ambiguous, and that we need an effective theory of truth in order to live well. Editor(s): Sharpe, Kevin. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030404
- ISBN
- 9780674030404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.53
€ 35.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Series: Phenomenology of Practice. Num Pages: 180 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 253 x 2. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138208414
- ISBN
- 9781138208414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551526027
- ISBN
- 9781551526027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.93
€ 18.99
€ 16.93
paperback. Plato's "Symposium" - translated here, and with a commentary - is arguably one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. It recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include Aristophanes, Alcibiades and Socrates. The revellers discuss a variety of topics. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226042756
- ISBN
- 9780226042756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Property for People, Not for Profit: Alternatives to the Global Tyrann...
Duchrow, Ulrich; Hinkelammert, Franz
paperback. The issue of private property and the rights it confers remains almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. This text describes the specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. Translator(s): Griffiths, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFS; JPVH3; KCA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Zed Books London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0024744
- ISBN
- 9781842774793
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Editor(s): Nyman, Heikki; Anscombe, G. E. M.; Wright, G. H. von. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Text in German and English. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024788
- ISBN
- 9780631130628
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A concise introduction to this controversial and important twentieth-century philosopher. David Farrell Krell has improved this collection by adding 'The Way to Language' and the complete version of 'The Origin of the Work of Art'. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524. Good copy showing signs of age and shelf wear to exterior. Contents page is lightly scored. Text is clean and crisp throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Routledge London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024818
- ISBN
- 9780415101615
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Series: Contours of Christian Philosophy. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168. Good copy showing signs shelf wear and light spotting to exterior. Text is clean and crisp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- IVP Academic Illinois
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024819
- ISBN
- 9780877843412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A new approach to environmental ethics from within the Christian tradition. Series Editor(s): Gill, Robin; Clark, Stephen R. L.; Hauerwas, Stanley; Lovin, Robin W. Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518. Good copy with minor shelfwear. Some highlighting throughout the text. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Cambridge
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024871
- ISBN
- 9780521576314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Nature, this work reminds us, is a rough and predatory place. Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 448. Good copy showing some signs of wear and aging. Some sunning to spine. Text clean throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024922
- ISBN
- 9780231126618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
paperback. Life and Meaning surveys a variety of Philosophical answers to the question, a What makes life worth living?a By collecting readings from a wide range of philosophical history it gives the various perspectives on the value and meaning of life. Editor(s): Hanfling, Oswald. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy showing some shelf wear and aging. Pages lightly tanned. Some scoring and underlining throughout the text. Spine intact
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025000
- ISBN
- 9780631157847
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12