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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.53

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

€ 126.36

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.76

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
€ 10.81

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive study of Nietzsche's relationship to the agonistic culture of ancient Greece. The book examines not only the overt elements of Greek agonism in Nietzsche's early works, but also shows how his later works embody its spirit as it is manifest in such notions as the will to power, the overhuman and "active justice." Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Marquette Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874628234
ISBN
9780874628234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Athena Athanasiou departs from recent discussions of mourning, including in the work of Judith Butler, by raising an altogether original question which both challenges and extends the current orthodoxy: what would it be like to mourn the dead of the enemy? Series: Incitements. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFK; JPA; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474420150
ISBN
9781474420150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Hardback. Offers criticisms of some of the most important assumptions scholars have brought to bear in beginning the process of (Platonic) interpretation. This book offers a different way to group the dialogues, based on facts in the lives and philosophical practices of Socrates - the main speaker in most of Plato's dialogues - and of Plato himself. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792335436
ISBN
9780792335436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Paperback. A collection of essays on the ethical issues created by the AIDS crisis. It addresses controversial issues related to the tension between civil rights and public health, mandatory HIV testing, human subjects research, and others. It provides guidelines to health care and human service professionals, policy makers, scholars, and others. Editor(s): Reamer, Frederic G. Num Pages: 317 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231073592
ISBN
9780231073592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Combines elements of Thomas Aquinas' metaphysics, especially its deep ontology, with Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy to arrive at a new possibility for metaphysics. This work is an experiment in constructive metaphysics a project in modern philosophy. It is suitable to those interested in contemporary conceptions of metaphysics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780268029012
ISBN
9780268029012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781683088
ISBN
9781781683088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRH; HRHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199773701
ISBN
9780199773701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.32

paperback. A clear and concise introduction to the political philosophy of Alain Badiou, centred in a political context. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 200 pages, notes, references, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318004
ISBN
9780745318004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Alain Badiou is the world's most influential living philosopher. Few contemporary thinkers display his breadth of argument and reference, or his ability to intervene in debates critical to both analytic and continental philosophy. This book presents an overview of and introduction to the full range of Badiou's thinking. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844652303
ISBN
9781844652303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.93

Paperback. Alain L Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. This biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, narrates the untold story of Locke's profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317779
ISBN
9780226317779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Hardcover. Alain L Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. This biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, narrates the untold story of Locke's profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HPCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317762
ISBN
9780226317762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Holton, Gerald; Elkana, Yehuda. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; JFC; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640266
ISBN
9780691640266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 296.30

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Dimension: 142 x 195 x 3. Weight in Grams: 64.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524078
ISBN
9780929524078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. In "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn", Daniel Mahoney presents a philosophical perspective on the political condition of modern man through an exegesis and analysis of Solzhenitsyn's work. Series: 20th Century Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521131
ISBN
9780742521131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024720330
ISBN
9789024720330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.20

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