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hardcover. This book develops the view that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. The author defends a pluralistic account of what makes work meaningful, arguing that work can be meaningful in virtue of developing capabilities, supporting virtues, providing a purpose, or integrating elements of a worker's life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HPQ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190618179
- ISBN
- 9780190618179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.87
€ 205.87
paperback. This volume collects some of the leading essays in contemporary democratic theory published since 1970. The anthology presents the work of a select group of contributors and covers many foundational approaches defended by scholars from a range of different disciplines. Editor(s): Christiano, Thomas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195136609
- ISBN
- 9780195136609
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Condition: New
€ 89.54
€ 89.54
Paperback. 'Existentialism', second edition concentrates on the "big four" existentialists: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. In this edition, Solomon provides new translations of Kierkgaard, even more extensive Heidegger and Sartre selections, and bit more Nietzsche, as well as updated selections from a wide range of world authors. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174632
- ISBN
- 9780195174632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.25
€ 132.25
Hardcover. This volume comprises three main papers on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, with extensive responses. It provides a significant contribution to the exploration of the common ground of the great early-modern Rationalist theories, and an examination of the ways in which the mainstream Platonic tradition permeates these theories. Editor(s): Ayers, Michael (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy). Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264201
- ISBN
- 9780197264201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.02
€ 73.02
Hardcover. Scholars in diverse academic disciplines discuss the ways in which evidence is conceived, used, and manipulated in their own fields. They explore the possibilities for cross-disciplinary fertilisation and ask if it is possible or desirable to develop general multidisciplinary criteria and methods for studying and handling evidence. Editor(s): Twining, William; Dawid, Philip; Vasilaki, Mimi. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 922.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264843
- ISBN
- 9780197264843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.08
€ 204.08
Geoffrey of Aspall, Part 1: Questions on Aristotle's Physics: Vol. 26 ...
Ashworth, E. Jennifer. Ed(S): Donati, Sylvia
hardcover. Aspall's commentary on Physics poses questions that discuss crucial issues of Aristotle's natural philosophy: matter, form, nature, change, time, the infinite and the continuum, eternity of the world. This major source for studying the introduction of Aristotelianism to Oxford in the mid-13th century is edited in Latin with English translation. Editor(s): Donati, Sylvia. Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265994
- ISBN
- 9780197265994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.93
€ 256.93
Geoffrey of Aspall, Part 2: Questions on Aristotle's Physics: Vol. 27 ...
Ashworth, E. Jennifer. Ed(S): Donati, Sylvia
hardcover. Aspall's commentary on Physics poses questions that discuss crucial issues of Aristotle's natural philosophy: matter, form, nature, change, time, the infinite and the continuum, eternity of the world. This major source for studying the introduction of Aristotelianism to Oxford in the mid-13th century is edited in Latin with English translation. Editor(s): Donati, Sylvia. Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197266007
- ISBN
- 9780197266007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.93
€ 210.93
Hardcover. Aristotle Politica Editor(s): Ross, Sir David. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145158
- ISBN
- 9780198145158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23
Hardcover. Critical edition of Cicero's text, based on a study and collation of manuscripts which reflects an understanding of the whole manuscript tradition. In the OXFORD CLASSIC TEXTS series, this is the second in a series of editions of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Reynolds, Leighton; Reynolds, L. D. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146704
- ISBN
- 9780198146704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.20
€ 89.20
Hardcover. Based on the moral philosophy of the Greek Stoic Panaetius, this text is a source of evidence for Roman ideas of morality and behaviour, one of the few writings on philosophy in Latin. It was written not long before Cicero's death. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146735
- ISBN
- 9780198146735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53
€ 53.53
Hardcover. Michael B. Gill offers a new account of Humean moral pluralism: the view that there are different moral reasons for action, which are based on human sentiments. He explores its historical origins, and argues that it offers the most compelling view of our moral experience. Together, pluralism and Humeanism make a philosophically powerful couple. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198714033
- ISBN
- 9780198714033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
hardcover. This book examines the role of political parties in liberal democracies and their function, within the context of one of the most influential contemporary political theories, John Rawls's political liberalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739500
- ISBN
- 9780198739500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.20
€ 134.20
Hardcover. This volume presents new essays on art, mind, and narrative inspired by the work of the late Peter Goldie. Topics covered include the role of narrative thinking in our lives, the nature of our imaginative engagement with fiction, the emotions and their role in motivating action, and the nature of conceptual art. Editor(s): Dodd, Julian. Series: Mind Association Occasional Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198769736
- ISBN
- 9780198769736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.68
€ 127.68
hardcover. Stefano Predelli defends a semantics of proper names which has simplicity and common sense in its favour: proper names are non-indexical devices of rigid and direct reference. He grounds this view in accounts of the shape and form of names, and of their introduction within language use, and he responds to widespread misconceptions and objections. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CFA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198778158
- ISBN
- 9780198778158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.52
€ 106.52
Descartes and Cartesianism: Essays in Honour of Desmond Clarke
. Ed(S): Gaukroger, Stephen (University Of Sy...
hardcover. This collection of original essays deals with Cartesian themes and problems, especially as these arise in connection with Cartesian natural science and the theory of perception, agency, mentality, divinity, and the passions. It focuses in particular on Desmond Clarke's important contributions to these aspects of Descartes's writings. Editor(s): Gaukroger, Stephen (University of Sydney); Wilson, Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy Catherine (University of York). Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198779643
- ISBN
- 9780198779643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.89
€ 126.89
hardcover. Bringing together leading scholars working on the topic of vagueness in philosophy and in law, this book fosters a dialogue between philosophers and legal scholars by examining how philosophers conceive vagueness in law from their theoretical perspective and how legal theorists make use of philosophical theories of vagueness. Editor(s): Keil, Geert; Poscher, Ralf. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198782889
- ISBN
- 9780198782889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.05
€ 156.05
hardcover. Justin Snedegar develops and defends contrastivism about reasons. This is the view that normative reasons are fundamentally reasons for or against actions or attitudes only relative to sets of alternatives. Simply put, reasons are always reasons to do one thing rather than another, instead of simply being reasons to do something, full stop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press(UK) United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198785934
- ISBN
- 9780198785934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.87
€ 97.87
hardcover. A collection of seventeen philosophical essays that systematically investigate heaven, or paradise, as conceived within theistic religious traditions. Editor(s): Byerly, T. Ryan; Silverman, Eric J. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198794301
- ISBN
- 9780198794301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.94
€ 181.94
hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198796572
- ISBN
- 9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.90
€ 117.90
hardcover. Editor(s): Deonna, Julien A.; Lauria, Federico. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199370962
- ISBN
- 9780199370962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.44
€ 149.44