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Paperback. In the first of the BBC's famous Reith Lectures, Russell tackles what is still one of the most hotly debated issues of the twentieth century: the conflict between law, order and authority and the rights of each individual man and woman. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMH; JPA; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415119566
ISBN
9780415119566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.65

Paperback. What can we know and what should we believe about today's world? What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary issues. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405199940
ISBN
9781405199940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Paperback. This volume is a selection of papers from the 19th annual 'Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics' Conference. Topics covered include journalism ethics, organ donation, as well as an essay drawn from Daniel Wueste's keynote address on the conditions and implications of trust for the professions. Editor(s): Cohen, Stephen; Schwartz, Michael; Harris, Howard. Series: Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781907689
ISBN
9781781907689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.20

Hardback. The study concludes with an analysis of simultaneity's importance in general relativity and quantum mechanics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884221
ISBN
9780801884221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.86
€ 55.03

Hardcover. Dale Dorsey considers one of the most important questions in philosophical ethics: to what extent do the demands of morality have authority over us and our lives? He defends a position that runs counter to the traditional view, and argues that we are not required to conform to moral demands. Furthermore, doing so can be (quite literally) wrong. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728900
ISBN
9780198728900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.03

Hardback. In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509516049
ISBN
9781509516049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 51.49

Hardcover. Polydore Vergil's main point in "On Discovery" was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is an English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Translator(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007895
ISBN
9780674007895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. This book will be of great interest to all students of Hinduism, students of both Eastern and Western philosophy, and spiritual seekers who wish to better understand this ancient Indian tradition of non-dualist thought. Editor(s): Deutsch, Eliot; Dalvi, Rohit. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941532525
ISBN
9780941532525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118712047
ISBN
9781118712047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.38

Hardcover. Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198712985
ISBN
9780198712985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.11

Hardcover. This work, written towards the end of Al-Ghazali's career as a philosopher, advances the idea that reason can serve as a connection between the devout and God. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, it seeks to understand the role of reality in the perception of the spiritual. Series: Brigham Young University's Islamic Translations S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Brigham Young University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842523530
ISBN
9780842523530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. Provides an introduction to Karl Rahner's theology as a whole. This book features chapters that present commentaries on the corresponding chapters of Foundations, beginning with Rahner's method and anthropology and concluding with his theology of the church and eschatology. Editor(s): O'Donovan, Leo J. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 325.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405961
ISBN
9780878405961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Paperback. A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism is a complete guide to two of the dominant movements of philosophy in the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading scholars, including Dagfinn Follesdal, J.N. Editor(s): Dreyfus, Hubert L.; Wrathall, Mark A. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405191135
ISBN
9781405191135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Evaluates modernity's wager, namely, the gambit to liberate the modern individual from external social and religious norms by supplanting them with the rational self as its own moral authority. This book argues that 'the fundamentalist doctrine of enlightened reason has called into being its own nemesis' in the forms of ethnic and racial politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116365
ISBN
9780691116365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Schroeder brings toether very different theories and provides a completely new view on law and economics. Looks at contemporary debates in legal theory through the lens of psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. Through metaphors drawn from classical mythology. Series: Philosophy, Social Theory & the Rule of Law S. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234314
ISBN
9780520234314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15
€ 64.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; PSAD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 250 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167482
ISBN
9780231167482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Semantics aims to describe the significance of linguistic expressions in a systematic way. Metasemantics, or foundational semantics, asks how expressions gain their significance in the first place. Ori Simchen presents the first book-length treatment of metasemantics and its relation to the thriving research program of truth-conditional semantics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198792147
ISBN
9780198792147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85

Hardcover. This is the first English-language introduction to Peter Sloterdijk, the distinguished German philosopher and controversial public intellectual. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663807
ISBN
9780745663807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Shook, John R. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; GBC; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
1104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472570543
ISBN
9781472570543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.53
€ 103.36

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 466 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639062
ISBN
9780691639062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.34

Hardcover. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664194
ISBN
9780745664194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.70

Hardcover. Each time a second crosses the world, millions of big things and little things happen -- here, there, and everywhere! Illustrator(s): Carvalho, Bernardo. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 281 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592701575
ISBN
9781592701575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865978560
ISBN
9780865978560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. This book is about the necessity, and even value, of vulnerability in human experience. In it, Michael Ing brings early Chinese texts into dialogue with questions about the ways in which meaningful things are vulnerable to powers beyond our control; and more specifically, how relationships with meaningful others might compel tragic actions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAB; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190679118
ISBN
9780190679118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.01

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