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Hardback. In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, settling seems like giving up. This title explores the dynamics of this process. It explains why settling is useful for planning, creating trust, and strengthening the social fabric - and why settling is different from compromise and resignation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148458
- ISBN
- 9780691148458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.56
€ 46.99
€ 33.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171364
- ISBN
- 9780691171364
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
On Science, Inference, Information and Decision Making
Szaniawski, A.. Ed(S): Chmielewski, A.; Wolen...
Hardback. There are two competing pictures of science. One considers science as a system of inferences, whereas another looks at science as a system of actions. This book contains essays which offer a view which intends to combine both pictures. Editor(s): Chmielewski, A.; Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349228
- ISBN
- 9780792349228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. A philosophical argument that rationality is based on, or produced from, difference, and is not only worth retaining but necessary in a culturally diverse world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341956
- ISBN
- 9780822341956
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Editor(s): Martinez, Roy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271036403
- ISBN
- 9780271036403
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Condition: New
€ 40.91
€ 40.91
Paperback. St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of Theology. Editor(s): Sigmund, Paul E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393952438
- ISBN
- 9780393952438
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
€ 18.99
€ 17.59
Contains the "Poetics" and the first twelve chapters of the "Rhetoric, Book III". Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200739
- ISBN
- 9780872200739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Contains the "Poetics" and the first twelve chapters of the "Rhetoric, Book III". Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200722
- ISBN
- 9780872200722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.55
€ 16.99
€ 13.55
Hardcover. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus, complemented by commentary and organized into coordinated parts. Its organization subsequently informed the sense of macrocosm and microcosm-of the world and our place in it-which is prevalent in western European thought in the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Magee, John. Translator(s): Magee, John. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 940 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674599178
- ISBN
- 9780674599178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. This book represents the first publication of one of the seminars (transcribed) of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential figure in 20th-century thought. A close reading of Plato's Statesman is an exemplary instance of Castoriadis's discriminating approach to thinking about and reading a great work. Editor(s): Curtis, David. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741446
- ISBN
- 9780804741446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.02
€ 89.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158068
- ISBN
- 9780691158068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
hardcover. This book re-examines important figures from the entire history of philosophy to show how and why philosophy must renew itself as a critical practice dedicated to dialogue with women, people of color, LGBTs, and others who seek liberation from age-old oppressions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781428
- ISBN
- 9780804781428
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Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
Paperback. Kants essay remains an enduring antidote to the violence and cynicism that is all-too-often on display in international relations and foreign affairs. It is presented here in a new translation with contextual apparatus. Editor(s): Orend, Brian. Translator(s): Johnson, Ian. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811939
- ISBN
- 9781554811939
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.71
€ 21.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. On Obligations was written by Cicero after the murder of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. Though written for first-century Romans it has been adopted as a guide to political conduct in every major era in the West: by the early Christians, in the high Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, and in the age of the Enlightenment. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540716
- ISBN
- 9780199540716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Hardback. Presents a case for 'egocentric presentism', a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view. This book maintains that people's experiences give them grounds for believing that they have a special, distinguished place in the world. Num Pages: 136 pages, 24 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135311
- ISBN
- 9780691135311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Society S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173368
- ISBN
- 9780226173368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped concept. This title challenges the primacy of Oedipus myth in Western culture and psychoanalysis and introduces a theory of matricide and maternal law. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141543
- ISBN
- 9780231141543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.51
€ 94.51
Paperback. A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 118 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490606
- ISBN
- 9781631490606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.56
€ 16.99
€ 14.56
hardcover. Both a lucid introduction and a subtle demolition of the philosopher whose theories were treated as near-divine by those who followed him. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871407931
- ISBN
- 9780871407931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.60
€ 13.99
€ 10.60
Paperback. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490583
- ISBN
- 9781631490583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.40
€ 16.99
€ 14.40