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Hardback. The work of the Kyoto School, including luminaries such as Kitaro Nishida, represents one of the few streams of philosophy that originate in Japan. This book is the first collection in English to examine the School's notions of aesthetic education. Editor(s): Standish, Paul; Saito, Naoko. Series: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPN; JNA; JNMT; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400740464
- ISBN
- 9789400740464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Paperback. Here is the first examination of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) since the fall of the recent financial bubble. It asks, Is this an opportunity to enhance SRI because of its strength and superiority, or will it vanish in the next wave of financial myopia? Editor(s): Vandekerckhove, Wim; Leys, Jos; Alm, Kristian; Scholtens, Bert; Signori, Silvana; Schafer, Henry. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KFF; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400740709
- ISBN
- 9789400740709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. Universal human rights are often won from a hostile majority by outsiders. This provocative new book contextualizes their historical development, and contests their Anglo-Saxon origins in an informative thesis that will arouse controversy and debate. Num Pages: 522 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400741829
- ISBN
- 9789400741829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.92
€ 252.92
Hardback. This dizzying array of reflections on the social roles of Muslim women provides a multifaceted perspective on an issue of continuing controversy, collating key research from around the world into contemporary as well as historical aspects of the theme. Editor(s): Lovat, Terence. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HRAB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400742185
- ISBN
- 9789400742185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Computer games are now a major cultural-and economic-force, and despite being the object of years of academic study, this is the first book to interrogate the varied philosophical issues thrown up by the phenomenon, including the moral evaluation of game play. Editor(s): Fossheim, Hallvard J.; Mandt Larsen, Tarjei; Sageng, John Richard. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 292 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; UBJ; UYQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400742482
- ISBN
- 9789400742482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.04
€ 195.04
Hardback. Flashes of lightning, resounding thunder, enveloping fog, brilliant sunshine: these are the life manifestations of the skies. This book shows how human imagination is informed by the gloomy vapors, the glimmers of fleeting light, and the glory of the skies. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400742604
- ISBN
- 9789400742604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.32
€ 195.32
Hardback. This philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which understanding of reality shifts from materialistic to informational. In this world, all entities, natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. Editor(s): Demir, Hilmi. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; TB; UNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400742918
- ISBN
- 9789400742918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. This book surveys philosophies that have had a significant positive or negative impact on the search for truth, offering systemism and materialism as research-nurturing doctrines. Covers problems under current discussion, and points out neglected topics. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400744073
- ISBN
- 9789400744073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardback. This highly innovative study deploys multi-agent simulation of controversial debate to explore whether, in fact, critical argumentation is an effective way to overcome disagreement. It synthesizes research in both formal epistemology and argumentation theory. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400745988
- ISBN
- 9789400745988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardback. This unique monograph on the Rawlsian principles of contract law advocates an understanding of the topic based on common agreement that contractual terms be reasonable-in other words, acceptable to reasonable people seeking equitable cooperation with others. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LAFD; LNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400746046
- ISBN
- 9789400746046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. This is the first book-length analysis of the problematic concept of the horizon in Edmund Husserl's phenomenology. The author demonstrates the rightful centrality of the concept of the horizon, too often viewed as an imprecise metaphor of little importance. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400746435
- ISBN
- 9789400746435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Hardback. This book reconstructs aspects of the early career of Descartes, tracing the overlapping, intertwined development of his work in physico-mathematics, analytical mathematics, universal method and finally, systematic corpuscular-mechanical natural philosophy. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 632 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1083.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400747456
- ISBN
- 9789400747456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.23
€ 198.23
Hardback. This volume addresses the complex interplay between the conditions of an agent's personal autonomy and the constitution of itself. It includes an instructive confrontation between subjective and intersubjective approaches to personal autonomy. Editor(s): Kuhler, Michael; Nadja, Jelinek. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400747883
- ISBN
- 9789400747883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.56
€ 184.56
Hardback. This inaugural volume in a series exploring the phenomenological positioning of mankind relative to the cosmos is a profound analysis of the nature of transcendental consciousness, focusing on the ontopoietical processes of achieving fully fledged becoming. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400748002
- ISBN
- 9789400748002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.68
€ 195.68
Hardcover. This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the extent to which scepticism featured in evolving Enlightenment philosophy, with expert commentary on a range of thinkers including less well known, but nonetheless influential figures. Editor(s): Charles, Sebastien; Plinio, J. Smith. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400748095
- ISBN
- 9789400748095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.71
€ 129.71
Hardback. Exploring a pressing issue in the context of contemporary economic woes, this volume combines philosophy and jurisprudence to develop new theories of economic justice that reexamine the commonly held values informing policies on the market and the workplace. Editor(s): Stacy, Helen M.; Lee, Win-Chiat. Series: Amintaphil: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; KCP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400749047
- ISBN
- 9789400749047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. This book provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism. It also reexamines the fundamental shift from a humanist logic to epistemology and facultative logic. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HPCD1; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400749504
- ISBN
- 9789400749504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.72
€ 183.72
Hardback. This analytical review of Leibniz's 'Essais de Theodicee' shows and upholds Leibniz's rational conception of faith, his rational notion of mystery, the reformation of classical ontology and the importance of his thought in the tradition of critical idealism. Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 639.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750302
- ISBN
- 9789400750302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.76
€ 150.76
Hardback. This comprehensive appraisal of one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the 20th century results from Dorion Cairns's remarkable association with Husserl, informed by a close personal relationship with the thinker that spanned some three years. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400750425
- ISBN
- 9789400750425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardback. Combining fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches, this book focuses sustained ethical scrutiny on the controversies surrounding natural athletic talent and enhanced performance. Editor(s): Tolleneer, Jan; Sterckx, Sigrid; Bonte, Pieter. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751002
- ISBN
- 9789400751002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35
€ 129.35