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Hardback. What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. This book presents the authors' radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140140
- ISBN
- 9780231140140
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. American pragmatist Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. "What's the Use of Truth?" is a rare opportunity to experience each side of this impassioned debate clearly and concisely. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 107 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140157
- ISBN
- 9780231140157
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.04
€ 21.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Develops a much-needed general theory of discrimination. This title argues that distinguishing among people on the basis of traits is wrong when it demeans any of the people affected. It explores what it means to treat people as equals and thus takes up a central problem of democracy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060296
- ISBN
- 9780674060296
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.01
€ 35.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. A woman glances at a broken clock and comes to believe it is a quarter past seven. Yet, despite the broken clock, it really does happen to be a quarter past seven. Her belief is true, but it isn't knowledge. This title finds a solution to the problem in the observation. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154725
- ISBN
- 9780691154725
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.32
€ 54.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance. He put before society a new ideal of human nature, emphasizing its divine potential. This title features his principles which have formed the basis of good government and inspired statesmen down the ages. Translator(s): Farndell, Arthur. Series: Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's Writings. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832574
- ISBN
- 9780856832574
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Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038792
- ISBN
- 9781594038792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199916856
- ISBN
- 9780199916856
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Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472967
- ISBN
- 9781611472967
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Condition: New
€ 121.97
€ 121.97
Hardback. Proposes a new approach called value democracy. This title argues that the state should protect the right to express illiberal beliefs, but the state should also engage in democratic persuasion when it speaks through its various expressive capacities: publicly criticizing, giving reasons to reject, and other discriminatory viewpoints. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147628
- ISBN
- 9780691147628
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.32
€ 54.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350941
- ISBN
- 9781584350941
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.59
€ 21.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. An analysis of the history and social role of mobile phones today (with an enhancement of their primary writing function) is followed by a proposal of a philosophical theory of objects, which is meant to be complementary to Searle's 'collective intentionality', that places writing at the basis of social reality. Translator(s): De Sanctis, Sarah. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256167
- ISBN
- 9780823256167
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Condition: New
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 42 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360. Godard, Resnais, and Experiments in Cinematic Thinking. Series: Film and Culture Series. 264 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight: 360.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161336
- ISBN
- 9780231161336
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.63
€ 36.99
€ 27.63
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 42 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161329
- ISBN
- 9780231161329
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Condition: New
€ 108.06€ 82.78
€ 108.06
€ 82.78
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903458907
- ISBN
- 9781903458907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
€ 26.99
€ 20.15
Hardback. In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199812097
- ISBN
- 9780199812097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.99
€ 71.99
Paperback. This present study began as the author's extension and application of ideas from Whitehead's work to the subject of education, using a chapter from Whitehead's book Science and the Modern World and a pamphlet, The Rhythm of Education as the starting point. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184849
- ISBN
- 9780819184849
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Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349003990
- ISBN
- 9781349003990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. Pierfrancesco Basile looks at myths: where they came from and why Whitehead rejects them. In doing so, Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics - especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same - and how it is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404143
- ISBN
- 9781474404143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.58€ 103.50
€ 111.58
€ 103.50
paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; HRA; HRAB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537464
- ISBN
- 9781349537464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
Paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSL; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263674
- ISBN
- 9781137263674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32