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Hardback. For Wittgenstein, philosophy was an on-going activity. Only in his dialog with the philosophical community and in his private moments does Wittgenstein's philosophical practice fully come to light. Editor(s): Klagge, James C.; Nordmann, Alfred. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 29. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512702
- ISBN
- 9780742512702
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Condition: New
€ 235.70
€ 235.70
Hardback. This book traces the history of the idea of citizenship, and argues for a new model for the next century. In the style of Michael Ignatieff's The Needs of Strangers, Kingwell takes a long look at what citizenship has meant in the past and what it means today. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512665
- ISBN
- 9780742512665
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.72
€ 31.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. Constructivism and Practice advances the understanding of the role of construction and model creation and reflects on the relationship of these models to social practices. Editor(s): Gould, Carol C. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512658
- ISBN
- 9780742512658
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Condition: New
€ 72.52
€ 72.52
Hardback. Constructivism and Practice advances the understanding of the role of construction and model creation and reflects on the relationship of these models to social practices. Editor(s): Gould, Carol C. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512641
- ISBN
- 9780742512641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.18
€ 178.18
Hardback. At the heart of ethics lies the concept of intrinsic value. It is at work when we assess whether a person is virtuous or vicious, and acts rightly or wrongly. This book investigates the nature of intrinsic value: what sort of thing has it, and how it is measured or quantified. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512627
- ISBN
- 9780742512627
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Condition: New
€ 172.66
€ 172.66
Paperback. This is an interpretation and critique of Habermas's philosophy of law in his "Between Facts and Norms", which James Marsh feels is flawed by a fundamental contradiction: the notion of a democracy ruled by law and capitalism. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 275.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512610
- ISBN
- 9780742512610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.09
€ 61.09
Hardback. This is an interpretation and critique of Habermas's philosophy of law in his "Between Facts and Norms", which James Marsh feels is flawed by a fundamental contradiction: the notion of a democracy ruled by law and capitalism. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512603
- ISBN
- 9780742512603
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Condition: New
€ 151.67
€ 151.67
Hardback. Richard White explores the basic expressions of love - friendship, romance, parenthood and humanitarian love - in classical and contemporary perspectives, and proposes alternative models to guide both our thinking and our experience of loving. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512566
- ISBN
- 9780742512566
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Condition: New
€ 151.42
€ 151.42
Hardback. Aimed at people with or without a philosophical background, this book explores elemental principles in the study of sex, love and compassion. Sex and sexuality are discussed both as an appetite and as an interpersonal drive, as well as from the moral and aesthetical views of human nature. Num Pages: 152 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPM; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512368
- ISBN
- 9780742512368
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Condition: New
€ 80.97
€ 80.97
paperback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512337
- ISBN
- 9780742512337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.84
€ 82.84
Hardback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512320
- ISBN
- 9780742512320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.34
€ 200.34
Hardback. This text is an examination of what it means to say "No". Eva Brann considers the different forms "No" takes, such as a resistance of will or as a preventative measure or warning, and argues that to understand something of imagination, memory and time an inquiry should be made into what "No" means. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512283
- ISBN
- 9780742512283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.54
€ 91.54
Hardback. How can there be sensory qualities - all that which gives meaning and value to life - if this world is really more or less as modern science tells us it is? This text proposes that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists - that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512269
- ISBN
- 9780742512269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.51
€ 152.51
Paperback. The author offers a critical intervention into what is now recognized as a largely post-Marxian, at times liberal and at times conservative, spirit of the day, an intervention marked by writing against the post-Marxist hegemonic mainstream. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 355.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512252
- ISBN
- 9780742512252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Hardback. An examination of the philosophical origins of discourse ethics through the prism of Karl-Otto Apel's thought. It finds that Apel fundamentally transformed German philosophy, which had become stagnant in the years before World War II, and influenced later thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512207
- ISBN
- 9780742512207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.46
€ 186.46
Hardback. This volume considers the nature and exercise of moral imagination in situations in which our ability to act and choose meaningfully is limited by unarticulated expectations. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512122
- ISBN
- 9780742512122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.18
€ 172.18
Reality and Humean Supervenience: Essays on the Philosophy of David Le...
Preyer, Gerhard; Siebelt, Frank
paperback. Reality and Humean Supervenience confronts the reader with central aspects in the philosophy of David Lewis, whose work in ontology, metaphysics, logic, probability, philosophy of mind, and language articulates a unique and systematic foundation for modern physicalism. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512016
- ISBN
- 9780742512016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.74
€ 76.74
Hardback. In this collection of essays which is dedicated to the analysis of Montesquieu's contributions to political science, contributors review some of the controversies that have arisen in the interpretation of Montesquieu's thought. Editor(s): Carrithers, David W.; Mosher, Michael A.; Rahe, Paul Anthony. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511804
- ISBN
- 9780742511804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.21
€ 201.21
Paperback. Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains, multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511699
- ISBN
- 9780742511699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardback. Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains, multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511682
- ISBN
- 9780742511682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.94
€ 171.94