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paperback. But why did Descartes think we should take these exaggerated doubts seriously? And if we do take them seriously, how did he think any of our beliefs could ever escape them? This work undertakes a study of Descartes's first three meditations to answer these questions and to present a fresh way of understanding precisely what Descartes was up to. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691117324
- ISBN
- 9780691117324
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.64
€ 40.99
€ 32.64
Hardback. Descartes' works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. This book argues that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works - and that any interpretation of Descartes must take account of these changes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138893
- ISBN
- 9780691138893
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Condition: New
€ 65.31€ 50.39
€ 65.31
€ 50.39
Paperback. A step-by-step guide to Descartes' Meditations Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634804
- ISBN
- 9780748634804
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138019188
- ISBN
- 9781138019188
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. This is an updated edition of John Cottingham's acclaimed translation of Descartes's philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of Descartes's Objections and Replies. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107665736
- ISBN
- 9781107665736
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Condition: New
€ 19.82
€ 19.82
Paperback. Rene Descartes had a short working life, and his output was small, yet he made significant contributions to philosophy and science. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854094
- ISBN
- 9780192854094
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. 'This book is both a fine introduction to the me taphysics of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz and a rich, wide-ranging study of the interaction betwee n physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth centu ry.' - Kenneth P Winkler, Wellesley College Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415090223
- ISBN
- 9780415090223
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Condition: New
€ 56.81
€ 56.81
hardcover. Editor(s): Chappell, Vere. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684861
- ISBN
- 9780847684861
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Condition: New
€ 168.32
€ 168.32
Paperback. Explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. This text includes discussion of central differences from, and similarities with the scholastics and how these discriminations affected Descartes's defence of body. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009684
- ISBN
- 9780674009684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.89
€ 45.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Chappell, Vere. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684878
- ISBN
- 9780847684878
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Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 404 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282190
- ISBN
- 9780226282190
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.28
€ 52.99
€ 41.28
paperback. Takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behaviour. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRN; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 8th Print
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501640
- ISBN
- 9780099501640
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. This volume is a critical survey of issues in European philosophy from Descartes to the present. The text offers detailed accounts of key texts by important thinkers, analysing the relationship between their respective ideas and linking these ideas to central themes in philosophical enquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201434
- ISBN
- 9780631201434
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Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Paperback. Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes (Paperback). 91 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 8. Weight: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631297
- ISBN
- 9781566631297
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Condition: New
€ 11.30
€ 11.30
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
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Condition: New
€ 126.89
€ 126.89
Paperback. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's Meditations serves as an introduction to Descartes's philosophy for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers, and it incorporates much recent Descartes scholarship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195380323
- ISBN
- 9780195380323
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Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486272
- ISBN
- 9780801486272
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. A bold and insightful departure from related texts, Descartes goes beyond the categorical associations placed on the philosopher's ideas, and explores the subtleties of his beliefs. * An elegant, compelling and insightful introduction to Descartes' life and work. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233466
- ISBN
- 9780631233466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Hardcover. A bold and insightful departure from related texts, Descartes goes beyond the categorical associations placed on the philosopher's ideas, and explores the subtleties of his beliefs. * An elegant, compelling and insightful introduction to Descartes' life and work. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233459
- ISBN
- 9780631233459
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Condition: New
€ 106.32
€ 106.32
Paperback. This study is an introduction to the best-known themes of Descartes's philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name to FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0011841
- ISBN
- 9780631150466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Concentrates on the "Meditations" to show Descartes' philosophy in the context of his overall scientific objectives, not all of them fully explicit in the texts. Series: Arguments of the Philosophers. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415065764
- ISBN
- 9780415065764
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Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Paperback. The father of modern philosophy, Descartes is one of the most widely discussed philosophers. Putting rationalism above all, he sought to base all knowledge of the world on a single idea: 'I think, therefore I am'. This title summarises his thoughts on the dualism of mind and body, his proofs, for God's existence, and his responses to scepticism. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 184 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687589
- ISBN
- 9781851687589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
€ 13.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. Published in 1967, Voice and Phenomenon marked a crucial turning point in Derrida's thinking: the culmination of a 15-year-long engagement with the phenomenological tradition. This guide intends to clearly explain the structure of his argument, step by step. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644209
- ISBN
- 9780748644209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. The Snowden Affair, Wikiieaks, the lone wolf terrorist, Hilary Clinton's private email account - the question of the secret is arguably the central element of our contemporary political experience. Organised as a reflection on Jacques Derrida's later writings on secrecy, Charles Barbour looks at the basic ontological question: what is a secret? Series: Incitements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425001
- ISBN
- 9781474425001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.43
€ 33.99
€ 30.43