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Paperback. What don't we know, and why don't we know it? What keeps ignorance alive, or allows it to be used as a political instrument? This book provides a theoretical perspective to broaden traditional questions about "how we know" to ask: Why don't we know what we don't know? It shows that ignorance is often more than just an absence of knowledge. Editor(s): Proctor, Robert; Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 table, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759014
- ISBN
- 9780804759014
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.23
€ 32.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. What is agnosticism? Is it a belief, or just the absence of belief? What is the 'agnostic' principle? Robin Le Poidevin takes a philosophical approach to the issue of agnosticism, challenging some of the common assumptions, arguing in favour of the agnostic attitude, and considering its place in society and education. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HP; HRQA5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 170 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199575268
- ISBN
- 9780199575268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Hardback. Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question "Agnosis" examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1; HRLB; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638644
- ISBN
- 9780333638644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Paperback. Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action. Editor(s): de Gaynesford, Maximilian. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339086
- ISBN
- 9781444339086
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Condition: New
€ 26.35
€ 26.35
Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048152728
- ISBN
- 9789048152728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. Who - or what - is an agent? How does an agent do things, or refrain from doing them? An attempt to understand the concept of agent causality, this work proposes that persons are in control of their actions in virtue of reflective consciousness, consisting of a primary, intrinsic, nonobservational awareness of one's own activity. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358480
- ISBN
- 9780792358480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Hardcover. This collection consists of original contributions that represent the state of the art of philosophical research on agency, free will, and moral responsibility. It should be of interest to both specialists and students with research interests in the philosophy of action and moral psychology. Editor(s): Buckareff, Andrei; Moya, Carlos. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414946
- ISBN
- 9781137414946
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Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401088572
- ISBN
- 9789401088572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Paperback. A presentation of the nature of human agency and the individual's own experience of himself as an agent. This work questions activity, the self and its presence. It offers an understanding of what it is to be alienated from oneself, incorporating issues such as human freedom and self-deception. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847682072
- ISBN
- 9780847682072
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Condition: New
€ 51.93
€ 51.93
Hardback. A highly accomplished historian, Heyck relays this complicated story with unusual clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 recorded music items, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; J; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417103
- ISBN
- 9781421417103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.87
€ 68.87
Paperback. Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? The authors explore questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of securitisation and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403054
- ISBN
- 9781474403054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.95
€ 32.99
€ 28.95
Electronic book text. These 11 essays give you new perspectives on Agamben's recent work on government and his relationship to the revolutionary tradition, opening up new ways of thinking about politics and critical theory in the post-financial crisis world. Editor(s): McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in the Law School Daniel (University of New South Wales). Series: Critical Connections. BIC Classification: GBC; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402644
- ISBN
- 9781474402644
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.25
€ 32.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. Rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary thinkers, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses his ideas about ontology - the philosophy of being - as a foundation for his political theory. This book looks at Agamben's entire corpus of political thought. Series: Thinking Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748676217
- ISBN
- 9780748676217
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.53
€ 38.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Editor(s): Svirsky, Dr. Marcelo; Bignall, Simone. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643936
- ISBN
- 9780748643936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Hardback. This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Editor(s): Svirsky, Dr. Marcelo; Bignall, Simone. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643943
- ISBN
- 9780748643943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.32€ 118.01
€ 124.32
€ 118.01
Paperback. Until recently, continental philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653112
- ISBN
- 9780745653112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.18
€ 24.18
Hardback. Until recently, continental philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653105
- ISBN
- 9780745653105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748957
- ISBN
- 9780804748957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.93
€ 37.99
€ 33.93
hardcover. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748940
- ISBN
- 9780804748940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
Hardcover. The 'theory of mind' framework has been the fastest growing body of empirical research in contemporary psychology. It has given rise to a range of positions on what it takes to relate to others as intentional beings. This book brings together disparate strands of ToM research, lays out historical roots of the idea and indicates better alternatives. Editor(s): Leudar, Ivan; Costall, Alan. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAL; JMC; JMH; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230552739
- ISBN
- 9780230552739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74