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Hardcover. Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499844
- ISBN
- 9781137499844
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505388
- ISBN
- 9781349505388
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Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516855
- ISBN
- 9781137516855
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Condition: New
€ 105.58
€ 105.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 234 x 162. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- SKU
- V9780691612188
- ISBN
- 9780691612188
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Condition: New
€ 68.12€ 53.25
€ 68.12
€ 53.25
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 194 pages, xiv, 180 p. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469492
- ISBN
- 9780226469492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.98
€ 27.99
€ 22.98
Paperback. Science can answer any question we choose to put to it, even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour, and our cultures. The author here, puts forth her corrective view that without poetry or literature, or music, or history, or even theology we cannot hope to understand our humanity. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415378482
- ISBN
- 9780415378482
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. This text presents 15 lectures by Hermann von Helmholtz, a leading 19th-century scientist who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. Topics covered include: the origins of the planetary system; the problems of perception; and the relation of optics to painting. Num Pages: 400 pages, 71 engravings. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JFC; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326597
- ISBN
- 9780226326597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to this book, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011566
- ISBN
- 9781402011566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.85
€ 202.85
Hardback. How do science, producing knowledge and technology, and art, producing revelations and sensations, confront each other? This book addresses this question by considering Albert Einstein and Rene Magritte. It presents the meeting between Einstein and Magritte as an experiment. It provides their attitudes, and encloses perspectives and insights. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Mathijs, Ernest; Mosselman, Bert. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357582
- ISBN
- 9780792357582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Paperback. Contends that our continuing faith in science in the face of its actual history is best understood as the secular residue of a religiously inspired belief in divine providence. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652044
- ISBN
- 9781844652044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.24
€ 46.99
€ 28.24
hardcover. A set of original essays documenting the relevance of the centennial of Alfred Schutz's (1899-1999) thought in economics, geography, sociology, philosophy, and political science, and indicates the interest in his thought in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360032
- ISBN
- 9780792360032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.57
€ 202.57
Hardback. Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation" is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential texts in nineteenth-century German philosophy. This title introduces students to the context, key themes and influence of Schopenhauer's major work, a key text in 19th Century German thought. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441137852
- ISBN
- 9781441137852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.58€ 101.25
€ 111.58
€ 101.25
paperback. A translation of Schopenhauer's major and influential work which contains his entire philosophical system. Editor(s): Janaway, Christopher. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer. Num Pages: 696 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107414778
- ISBN
- 9781107414778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.90
€ 49.99
€ 44.90
Hardback. This work critically but sympathetically examines Schopenhauer's main work "The World as Will and Representation", demonstrating that the philosophical system it puts forth does constitute a consistent whole. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087705
- ISBN
- 9780520087705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.25€ 48.78
€ 62.25
€ 48.78
Paperback. Series: International Nietzsche Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062285
- ISBN
- 9780252062285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. Schopenhauer and Adorno on Bodily Suffering explores how the works of both philosophers revolve around an entwinement of pessimism and optimism, which links statements regarding the wrongness of the world to analyses of the human capability to experience compassion with bodily suffering and to the redeeming qualities of the arts. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412164
- ISBN
- 9781137412164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Schopenhauer and Adorno on Bodily Suffering explores how the works of both philosophers revolve around an entwinement of pessimism and optimism, which links statements regarding the wrongness of the world to analyses of the human capability to experience compassion with bodily suffering and to the redeeming qualities of the arts. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489473
- ISBN
- 9781349489473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134804
- ISBN
- 9781405134804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82
Hardback. This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134798
- ISBN
- 9781405134798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.57
€ 107.57
paperback. In this comprehensive introduction, Julian Young covers the major aspects of Schopenhauer's philosophy. He discusses the central areas of Schopenhauer's metaphysics, fundamental to understanding his work as a whole. Series: The Routledge Philosophers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Routledge London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415333474
- ISBN
- 9780415333474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.13
€ 34.99
€ 34.13