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Paperback. What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. It interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized version of Kant's transcendental idealist solution to a puzzle about necessity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJBG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123912
- ISBN
- 9780691123912
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€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Outlines the various ways in which theorists from Hobbes to Rawls have gone wrong in denying or ignoring indeterminacy, and suggests how social theories would be enhanced - and how certain problems could be resolved effectively - if they assumed from the beginning that indeterminacy was the normal state of affairs, not the exception. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123929
- ISBN
- 9780691123929
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€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123981
- ISBN
- 9780691123981
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€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Hardback. Offers insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. This book seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim - that "only philosophy can save us." Series Editor(s): George, Robert P. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124384
- ISBN
- 9780691124384
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€ 71.30€ 55.42
€ 71.30
€ 55.42
Hardback. A reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, this work argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. It rejects the common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists". Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125404
- ISBN
- 9780691125404
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€ 109.95
€ 109.95
Paperback. Presents an approach to a debate about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. This book argues that in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it but also by approximating it. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126265
- ISBN
- 9780691126265
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€ 46.99€ 33.72
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Hardback. Activists argue about how to define marriage, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. This title argues that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. It explains the assumptions hidden in widely held positions and common practices. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126678
- ISBN
- 9780691126678
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€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Attempting to steer moral philosophy away from abstract theorizing, this title argues that moral philosophy should be a practical, rational, and argumentative engagement with reality, and that moral reflection should have direct effects on our lives and the world in which we live. Translator(s): Emanuel, Ezekiel J.; Pavel, Silvia. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127361
- ISBN
- 9780691127361
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Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.67
€ 68.92
€ 53.67
Paperback. Approaches the question about dream and reality by seeking to identify its subject matter: what is it that would be the dream if "this" were a dream? Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128597
- ISBN
- 9780691128597
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€ 59.42€ 46.63
€ 59.42
€ 46.63
Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. This book shows how classical Confucian theory - with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good - is highly relevant to the pressing dilemmas. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRKN1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130057
- ISBN
- 9780691130057
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€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Attempts to defend the revolution in philosophy led by Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and David Kaplan against attack from those wishing to revive descriptivism in the philosophy of language, internalism in the philosophy of mind, and conceptualism in the foundations of modality. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130996
- ISBN
- 9780691130996
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€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Presents a collection of papers in ancient moral philosophy. This book interprets Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. It ranges from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131238
- ISBN
- 9780691131238
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€ 77.24€ 59.46
€ 77.24
€ 59.46
Hardback. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. This title shows that Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691132990
- ISBN
- 9780691132990
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€ 84.82
€ 84.82
Hardback. Making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore could attract wide understanding and support, this title attempts to change the terms of the liberation debate. It claims that speciesism is compatible with liberation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133287
- ISBN
- 9780691133287
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€ 65.36€ 51.18
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Paperback. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and German painter Gerhard Richter, this book offers a set of conceptual tools for scholars examining practices in the life sciences, security, new media and art practices, and other emergent phenomena. It shows how anthropology remains relevant to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133638
- ISBN
- 9780691133638
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€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. This book lays out mental causation and consciousness as the two principal challenges to contemporary physicalism. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133850
- ISBN
- 9780691133850
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
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€ 27.32
Hardback. Argues that Immanuel Kant's entire philosophy - including his moral philosophy, aesthetics, and teleology, as well as his metaphysics - can fruitfully be read as an engagement with David Hume. This book describe and assesses Hume's influence throughout Kant's philosophy. It shows where Kant agrees or disagrees with Hume. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134390
- ISBN
- 9780691134390
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.82
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Hardback. Presents a case for 'egocentric presentism', a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view. This book maintains that people's experiences give them grounds for believing that they have a special, distinguished place in the world. Num Pages: 136 pages, 24 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135311
- ISBN
- 9780691135311
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. Presents a commentary on - and reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". This title provides a reading of the text, giving an account of the positions against which Descartes was reacting, and revealing anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Meditations. Num Pages: 528 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135618
- ISBN
- 9780691135618
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.68
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136127
- ISBN
- 9780691136127
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72