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Metasemantics presents new work on the philosophical foundations of linguistic semantics. Experts in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the theory of content provide new perspectives on old problems about linguistic meaning, pose questions that suggest novel research projects, and sharpen our understanding of linguistic representation. Editor(s): Burgess, Alexis; Sherman, Brett. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669592
- ISBN
- 9780199669592
Condition: New
€ 123.31
€ 123.31
This is the first volume of original commissioned papers on the subject of Newton and empiricism. The chapters, contributed by a leading team of both established and younger international scholars, explore the nature and extent of Newton's relationship to a variety of empiricisms and empiricists. Editor(s): Biener, Zvi; Schliesser, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCD1; JFCX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199337095
- ISBN
- 9780199337095
Condition: New
€ 153.34
€ 153.34
Hardcover. Develops Butler's theory of the political through an exploration of her politics of troubling given categories and approaches. This book moves between Butler's writings on gender and her interventions in post-9/11 politics. It marks an intellectual event for political theory, with major implications for feminism, women's studies, and others. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 New
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415383660
- ISBN
- 9780415383660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Paperback. Explores the contribution of romantic thought to topics such as freedom and autonomy. This book suggests that philosophical romanticism offers a alternative to both the reductionist tendencies of the naturalism in 'analytic' philosophy, and deconstruction and other forms of skepticism found in 'continental' philosophy. Editor(s): Kompridis, Nikolas. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415256445
- ISBN
- 9780415256445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Hardback. Twenty-six new essays by experts on seventeenth-century thought provide a critical survey of this key period in British intellectual history. These far-reaching essays discuss not only central debates and canonical authors from Francis Bacon to Isaac Newton, but also explore less well-known figures and topics from the period. Editor(s): Anstey, Peter R. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549993
- ISBN
- 9780199549993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.30
€ 192.30
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141980362
- ISBN
- 9780141980362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
paperback. This text examines Aristotle's "Rhetoric" as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique, were connected with the study of political and moral theory. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445107
- ISBN
- 9780140445107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.56
€ 13.99
€ 11.56
hardcover. Substituting comparative censuses for the hedonistic calculus that figures in standard utilitarianism, Braybrooke excludes gratuitous sacrifices also of happiness short of life-sacrifices. Series: Toronto Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087324
- ISBN
- 9780802087324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90
€ 76.90
Paperback. "[Kennan] comes to us..as ambassador of a generation nearly gone and a conservatism so responsible, dutiful and so long extinct it may look revolutionary..As ever, Kennan in the present book has fulfilled his responsibility admirably." -Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393311457
- ISBN
- 9780393311457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
hardcover. What are the reasons for the decline of our culture? Theodore Dalrymple has spent a lifetime observing it close-up and personal as an inner-city GP and prison psychiatrist. In Nothing But Wickedness he looks at the things that make us behave the way we do, and all the subtle ways in which we delude ourselves and destroy our own culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908096968
- ISBN
- 9781908096968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Hardback. In this provocative study of the task of English-Canadian philosophy, Ian Angus contends that English Canada harbours a secret and unofficial dream of self-rule that is revealed through critiques of empire. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098818
- ISBN
- 9780802098818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
paperback. Ferguson traces the development of two accounts of the sublime, Berkean empiricism and Kantian formalism, to argue that they have been definitive for subsequent discussions on the significance of aesthetics, including deconstructive criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSBD; DSBF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415905497
- ISBN
- 9780415905497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
paperback. In this much needed critical introduction, Geoghegan critically appraises Bloch's ideas and presents them in a clear and accessible manner. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415049047
- ISBN
- 9780415049047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Hardback. Focuses on questions concerning the metaphysics of powers that cut across particular subject-specific ontological domains, investigating the metaphysical structure of powers, the nature of the manifestation of powers, the necessity or contingency of a power's relation to its manifestations, and powers and causation. Editor(s): Marmodoro, Anna. Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415876858
- ISBN
- 9780415876858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.87
€ 193.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674686069
- ISBN
- 9780674686069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
paperback. Did post-Enlightenment philosophers reject the idea of original sin and hence the view that life is a quest for redemption from it? This work identifies and evaluates a surprising ethical-religious dimension in the work of three highly influential philosophers - Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691133928
- ISBN
- 9780691133928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.87
€ 39.99
€ 28.87
paperback. This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; HPS; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349490677
- ISBN
- 9781349490677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.43
€ 40.43
hardcover. Child poverty is one of today's biggest challenges. In this book, it is investigated from a philosophical perspective, primarily in the context of modern welfare states. The injustices of child poverty are identified, related to the well-being of children, and it is discussed who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426017
- ISBN
- 9781137426017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99
€ 39.99
Hardback. Editor(s): McClelland, Richard T (Gonzaga University); Clayton, Brian B (Gonzaga University). Series: Philosophy of Popular Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142630
- ISBN
- 9780813142630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.25
€ 46.25
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780205948079
- ISBN
- 9780205948079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.41
€ 160.41