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Hardback. This title is David Lewis's presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary-to-fact conditionals, including his infamous defence of realism about possible worlds. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224952
- ISBN
- 9780631224952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.27
€ 123.27
Paperback. This brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus. Series: Great Medieval Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195134070
- ISBN
- 9780195134070
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Condition: New
€ 56.97
€ 56.97
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992891
- ISBN
- 9780295992891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.86
€ 112.86
Paperback. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Slavoj Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on his thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415262651
- ISBN
- 9780415262651
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.68
€ 33.99
€ 32.68
Hardback. This title explores the seemingly unorthodox alliance of the arts, management and marketing. Using case studies of successful art managers, the author illustrates the creative role - so central to value-making in contemporary economies - performed by aesthetic play in art firms. Num Pages: 408 pages, 39 figures, drawings, photographs, references, index. BIC Classification: AB; HP; KCA; KJMV7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748131
- ISBN
- 9780804748131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.06€ 70.95
€ 78.06
€ 70.95
Paperback. A powerful and original engagement with France's most influential philosophers. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215918
- ISBN
- 9780253215918
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Bolotin, David. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780801495618
- ISBN
- 9780801495618
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.27
€ 34.99
€ 26.27
Paperback. The web of myth and symbolism in Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the "ishraqi" school of thought. This work aims to show Suhrawardi as a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification. Series: Routledge Sufi Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700704125
- ISBN
- 9780700704125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.54
€ 73.54
Paperback. The central problem posed in these essays, collected from over a decade, is how in the wake of Western ontologies to conceive the coming, the birth that characterizes being. The author discusses being and representation in relation to Hegel, Schlegel, Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Translator(s): Holmes, Brian. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721899
- ISBN
- 9780804721899
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.63
€ 38.99
€ 35.63
Hardback. Science fiction is more than mere entertainment. Historian H. Bruce Franklin defines it as "the literature which, growing with science and technology, evaluates it and relates it meaningfully to the rest of human existence. " Indeed, science fiction is increasingly converging with science fact. Editor(s): Schneider, Susan. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149068
- ISBN
- 9781405149068
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Condition: New
€ 97.74
€ 97.74
Hardback. This stimulating volume is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives, including philosophy, the biological and neurosciences, and the social sciences. Editor(s): Savulescu, Julian; ter Meulen, Rudd; Kahane, Guy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195812
- ISBN
- 9781405195812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.90
€ 110.90
Paperback. One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers, here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought. The foreword provides a brief overview of Jaspers' life and achievement. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097351
- ISBN
- 9780300097351
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
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
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Condition: New
€ 12.97
€ 12.97
Hardback. This book defends a new interpretation of Hegel's theoretical philosophy, according to which it has a single organizing focus, giving philosophical force to his arguments in his central Science of Logic, and undercutting prominent worries. The focus is not epistemology or skepticism, but the metaphysics of reason in the world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190204303
- ISBN
- 9780190204303
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Condition: New
€ 126.21
€ 126.21
Hardback. How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? In the past ten years, research into the topic of music and emotion has flourished. This book explores the relationship between music and emotion, bringing together contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, musicologists, musicians, and philosophers Editor(s): Cochrane, Tom; Fantini, Bernardino; Scherer, Klaus R. Translator(s): Jafflin, Kristen. Series: Series in Affective Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVA; HPM; JMQ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199654888
- ISBN
- 9780199654888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.94
€ 146.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HP; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Golden Sufi Center,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890350079
- ISBN
- 9781890350079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.32
€ 18.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Philosophical reflection on death dates back to ancient times, but death remains one of the most profound, puzzling topics. This anthology brings together a selection of seminal work on the epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical questions surrounding death. Editor(s): Brennan, Samantha; Stainton, Robert. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119021
- ISBN
- 9781551119021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.58€ 59.89
€ 67.58
€ 59.89
Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781931019040
- ISBN
- 9781931019040
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.92
€ 19.99
€ 15.92
Hardback. Using a wealth of evidence from legal, literary and medical texts, as well as art, architecture, ritual, and material culture, the contributors to this volume offer the first extensive study of the private and public roles of mothers in the Classical world Editor(s): Petersen, Lauren Hackworth; Salzman-Mitchell, Patricia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 44 b&w photos, 5 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HPCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292729902
- ISBN
- 9780292729902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Paperback. The first comparative study of two of the most influential political philosophers and theorists of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt and Theodor W. Adorno, this book reconstructs affinities and tensions between the two thinkers and shows their relevance for political theory and philosophy in our time. Editor(s): Rensmann, Lars; Gandesha, Samir. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775403
- ISBN
- 9780804775403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
€ 31.30