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Paperback. Challenging a purely mechanistic view of human existence, Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491146
ISBN
9781631491146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. A lucid enquiry into the precise meaning of identity - that which makes each of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual. In this series of reflections, the author considers how we define ourselves and what identity has meant and continues to mean in different cultures. Translator(s): Sluglett, Peter. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467295
ISBN
9781860467295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences, as revealed through images in scientific atlases--a story of how lofty epistemic ideals fuse with workaday practices. Num Pages: 501 pages, 32 color illus., 108 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
501
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951795
ISBN
9781890951795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Hardcover. In a major new work from the author of Godel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, two leading scholars argue that analogy is the basis for all human thoughts. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465018475
ISBN
9780465018475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. "The masterclass for the faster pass" - written by a leading expert and practising university teacher, this book gives you all the key knowledge and information you need to succeed quickly and easily. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444190137
ISBN
9781444190137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, and why is what we call "efficient" is not efficient at all? Why should you write your resignation letter before starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? This title shows us that improbable and unpredictable events underlie everything about our world. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JM; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038223
ISBN
9780141038223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. For a century and a half artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. Applying a tradition of "virtue ethics" to our lives in modern economies, this title affirms American capitalism without ignoring its faults and celebrates the bourgeois lives we live, without supposing that they must be lives without ethical foundations. Num Pages: 634 pages, 3 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFSC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226556642
ISBN
9780226556642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446282397
ISBN
9781446282397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.79

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125203
ISBN
9781905125203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
1890
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206298
ISBN
9780872206298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.33
€ 60.80

Paperback. A renowned Buddhist teacher's magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the tradition's earliest texts Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300224344
ISBN
9780300224344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Shows how John Locke, a great English philosopher of 18th century, arrived at his theory of knowledge. This work also shows how the liberal values of toleration formed the backbone of European thought of the 18th century. It looks at the questions which he addressed with such tenacity: 'how Man can know' and 'how Man should try to live'. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803948
ISBN
9780192803948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652610
ISBN
9780745652610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.38

Paperback. Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgement and motivation? Can we know whether something is right and wrong? And is morality a fiction? This title presents a survey of the key concepts and positions in the fields of philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844652587
ISBN
9781844652587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Paperback. This text examines Aristotle's "Rhetoric" as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique, were connected with the study of political and moral theory. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445107
ISBN
9780140445107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501308123
ISBN
9781501308123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.23

Paperback. German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. This Very Short Introduction discusses the idea that German philosophy forms one of the most revealing responses to the problems of modernity. Including many significant German philosophers, and other more neglected thinkers, he provides an insight into German philosophical traditions. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199569250
ISBN
9780199569250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.52

Hardback. This book will help you to understand Badiou's central concepts, the philosophical relation between Badiou and Plato and will rethink the importance of Badiou's 'Platonic' claim that 'the only education is an education by truths'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524. An Education by Truths. 256 pages. This book will help you to understand Badiou's central concepts, the philosophical relation between Badiou and Plato and will rethink the importance of Badiou's 'Platonic' claim that 'the only education is an education by truths'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HP; JNA. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643752
ISBN
9780748643752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.22
€ 119.62

Paperback. Cultures around the world have regarded self-fulfillment as the ultimate goal of human striving and as the fundamental test of the goodness of a human life. The ideal has also been criticized, however, as egotistical and value-neutral. This book seeks to overcome these and other arguments. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144405
ISBN
9780691144405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. A Philosophy of Loneliness explores the different kinds of loneliness, the philosophy of emotions, why some people are lonelier than others, and the psychological and social characteristics that dispose people to loneliness. BIC Classification: HP; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237473
ISBN
9781780237473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

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