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Paperback. Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. This book analyzes the term, and the behavior, in detail. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones, 7 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288. 200 pages, 3 halftones, 7 line drawings, 6 tables. Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. This book analyzes the term, and the behavior, in detail. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight: 284.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004211
ISBN
9780226004211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Hardcover. Series: British Idealist Studies, Series 1: Oakeshott. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845400064
ISBN
9781845400064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.13

Hardcover. Volume VI of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the later Ionian and Athenian thinkers Anaxagoras, Archelaus, and Diogenes of Apollonia, along with chapters on early Greek medicine and the Derveni Papyrus. Translator(s): Laks, Andre (Princeton University New Jersey); Most, Glenn W (Princeton University New Jersey). Series: Loeb Classical Library. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997073
ISBN
9780674997073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was one of towering philosophers of the seventeenth century. Offering an introduction to Spinoza's philosophy, this book takes Spinoza's fundamental argument that everything exists for a reason - known as his 'principle of sufficient reason' - as the key to unlocking his thought. Series: The Routledge Philosophers. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415283304
ISBN
9780415283304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181624
ISBN
9780231181624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Taking up three urgent problems of social justice neglected by various theories and thus harder to tackle in practical terms and everyday life, this work seeks a theory of social justice that can guide us to a more responsive approach to social cooperation. Series: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024106
ISBN
9780674024106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Oppy, Graham; Trakakis, N. N. Series: Philosophy. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867712
ISBN
9781921867712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.59
€ 44.19

Paperback. In this book Fromm set out to identify 'what man is, how he ought to live, and how the tremendous energies within man can be released and used productively.' It makes for exciting, illuminating, even life-changing reading. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ; JMA; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415307710
ISBN
9780415307710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.01

Paperback. Democracy is not naturally plausible. Why turn such important matters over to masses of people who have no expertise? This title offers an alternative based on the idea that democratic authority and legitimacy must depend partly on democracy's tendency to make good decisions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143248
ISBN
9780691143248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. This volume presents G.A. Cohen' Gifford Lectures, delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1996. Focusing on Marxism and Rawlsian liberalism, Cohen draws a connection between these thought systems and the choices that shape a person's life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006935
ISBN
9780674006935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.95

Hardcover. The book focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21th centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic experiment and expression in particular. Series: Journal of Beckett Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697328
ISBN
9780748697328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Paperback. Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. This book offers a look at life's ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680434
ISBN
9781846680434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 256 x 26. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138910591
ISBN
9781138910591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Hardcover. Nathan Coombs demonstrates that the Marxist science of history has been reimagined by a strand of contemporary French theory after Louis Althusser. Taking a comparative approach, Coombs explores the technical details of both traditions' historical sciences. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748698998
ISBN
9780748698998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 113.44

Hardcover. Acclaimed author follows the work of the Situationist International after May 1968. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844679577
ISBN
9781844679577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chamberlin, Shaun. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR; KC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 236 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603586481
ISBN
9781603586481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. The Eudemian Ethics is a major treatise on moral philosophy whose central concern is what makes life worth living. This is the first time it has been published in its entirety in any modern language. Anthony Kenny's fine translation is accompanied by a lucid introduction and explanatory notes. Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199586431
ISBN
9780199586431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848316652
ISBN
9781848316652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Hardcover. Series: Islamic translation. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 247 x 38. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Brigham Young University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Second Edition, 2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842524667
ISBN
9780842524667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.88

Paperback. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? This book provides compelling answers to these crucial questions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433552
ISBN
9780099433552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

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