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Physics & ontology
Paperback. Aristotle's 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy. This guide provides a thematic study. It assesses Aristotle's life, the background to the 'Metaphysics' and Aristotle's legacy, as well as discussing the arguments in the text. Series: Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415251488
- ISBN
- 9780415251488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.07
€ 34.99
€ 34.07
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198249245
- ISBN
- 9780198249245
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Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Paperback. This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, new sections on existence and reality, and an updated editorial commentary. Editor(s): Van Inwagen, Peter; Zimmerman, Dean W. Series: Philosophy: The Big Questions. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405125864
- ISBN
- 9781405125864
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.33
€ 45.99
€ 44.33
Hardback. Provides a treatise on general metaphysics. This book applies the axiomatic method. Its main theme is the construction of a general non-set-theoretical theory of intensional entities. Other matters discussed are the metaphysics of modality, the nature of actual existence, mereology and the taxonomy of entities. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347170
- ISBN
- 9780792347170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Paperback. This text brings together articles on the most discussed thinkers in the rationalist movement: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Malebranche. These articles address the topics in metaphysics and epistemology that figure most prominently in contemporary work on these philosophers. Editor(s): Pereboom, Derk. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 388 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689118
- ISBN
- 9780847689118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14
€ 65.14
Hardback. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067508
- ISBN
- 9780231067508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PGK; PHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179607
- ISBN
- 9780231179607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. What is a thing? What is an object? The author decisively overturns 100 years of Heideggerian orthodoxy about the supposed derivative nature of objects and in so doing provides deep insights about the world and our place in it. Translator(s): Ohm, Mark Allan; Cogburn, Jon. Series: Speculative Realism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748681501
- ISBN
- 9780748681501
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.84
€ 38.99
€ 32.84
Hardcover. Trenton Merricks presents an original argument for the existence of propositions, and defends an account of their nature. He draws a variety of controversial conclusions, for instance about supervaluationism, the nature of possible worlds, truths about non-existent entities, and whether and how logical consequence depends on modal facts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198732563
- ISBN
- 9780198732563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.32
€ 103.32
Hardcover. Externalism, Naturalism, Mathematics, Ontology, Personal Identity, Time and Tense, The Metaphysics of Reference, The Metaphysics of Properties, Conceivability, The Physical, and Theoretical Identity, and Actualism- these are some of the central issues addressed in the essays of this fifteenth volume devoted to metaphysics. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 15
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230281
- ISBN
- 9780631230281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.53
€ 152.53
Paperback. Contains contributions by leading scholars, who examine the following areas: intensionality and intentionality; language ontology and truth; rule-following; the nature of the mental; consciousness and qualia: a symposium; and naturalism and actualism - an exchange. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 540 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212072
- ISBN
- 9780631212072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.09
€ 58.09
Paperback. Published annually, this book brings together original and first-rate articles written by leading scholars in the field of philosophy. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 540 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212065
- ISBN
- 9780631212065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.70
€ 84.70
Paperback. Series: Speculative Realism. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748684830
- ISBN
- 9780748684830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Chanter, Tina. Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271021133
- ISBN
- 9780271021133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.28€ 105.71
€ 128.28
€ 105.71
Paperback. Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency, and change, using the latest resources of quantified modal logic. Contrary to the widespread assumption that logic and metaphysics are disjoint, he argues that modal logic provides a structural core for metaphysics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709435
- ISBN
- 9780198709435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.21
€ 53.21
Paperback. Identity and Discrimination, originally published in 1990 and the first book by respected philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued and updated with the inclusion of significant new material. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- Reissued and Updated Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118432594
- ISBN
- 9781118432594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
Paperback. Presents a systematic conception of knowledge as a kind of mental state. This book looks at philosophical problems such as: scepticism, evidence, probability and assertion, realism and anti-realism, and the limits of what can be known. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199256563
- ISBN
- 9780199256563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black and white illustrations and 8 color plates. BIC Classification: HPJ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689231
- ISBN
- 9780816689231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPJ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020888
- ISBN
- 9781137020888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Provides an introduction to metaphysics. This anthology contains a collection of classical and contemporary readings on the subject, as well as substantial editorial material, which sets the extracts in context and guides readers through them. Divided into 10 sections, it provides instructors with flexibility in teaching a variety of courses. Editor(s): Crane, Tim; Farkas, Katalin. Num Pages: 792 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199261970
- ISBN
- 9780199261970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34