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Physics & ontology

Paperback. * Up-to-date and beautfifully written, Properties is the most comprehensive introduction to this important area of metaphysics * Writing with verve and clarity, Edwards explains difficult philosophical concepts in a straightforward manner. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661759
ISBN
9780745661759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.73

Paperback. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, a radical change occurred in notions of self and personal identity. This book explores the phenomenon and its causes and offers a fresh interpretation of this turning point in Western history and its consequences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 47 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121391
ISBN
9780300121391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. A systematic overview of modern metaphysics, covering all of the most important topics in the subject likely to be encountered on a metaphysics course. The emphasis is on contemporary views and issues rather than on the history of metaphysics. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752530
ISBN
9780198752530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.90

Hardback. In More Kinds of Being E.J. Lowe, one of the world's most distinguished contemporary metaphysicians, thoroughly reworks and expands upon the philosophical concepts first put forth in his acclaimed book Kinds of Being (1989). Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405182560
ISBN
9781405182560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Paperback. This book explores the Nuu-chah-nulth understanding of the universe as an integrated and orderly whole, providing a viable theoretical alternative that both complements and expands the view of reality presented by Western science. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: HPD; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774810852
ISBN
9780774810852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Riddles of Existence makes metaphysics genuinely accessible, even fun. Its lively, informal style brings the riddles to life and shows how stimulating they can be. Anyone wanting to think about life's most profound questions will find it provocative and entertaining. This edition is updated throughout, and features two brand new chapters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724049
ISBN
9780198724049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 261 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
261
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227617
ISBN
9780821406885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique , this explores the nature of physical suffering. Num Pages: 400 pages, halftone frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195049961
ISBN
9780195049961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Von Samsonow, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037345962
ISBN
9783037345962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362333
ISBN
9780822362333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362111
ISBN
9780822362111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Grosz, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485909
ISBN
9780801485909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.21

Paperback. Extremely well done. will universally be referred to, not by its title, but as 'Kraus's Companion'..-Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 190 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPJ; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217960
ISBN
9780823217960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Hardback. Drawing on Woolf's novels, essays, reviews, letters, diary entries, short stories, and memoirs, the book explores the political and the ontological, as the individual's connection to the world comes to be defined by an involvement and engagement that is always already situated within a particular physical, societal, and historical context. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421676
ISBN
9781474421676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 102.41

Paperback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741408
ISBN
9780804741408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Hardback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741392
ISBN
9780804741392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199606214
ISBN
9780199606214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.57

Paperback. Translator(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816622603
ISBN
9780816622603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Death is a subject which has always been high on the philosophical agenda. This book deals with questions concerning the viability of preconditions such as mind-body dualism, a substance-theory of mind, a non-reductionist view of personal identity, the notion of 'a minimal self', the persistence of the phenomenal 'now' and much more. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776744311
ISBN
9788776744311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. Using the combined tools of science, philosophy and the social sciences, this title explores various facets of what we understand reality to mean. It focuses on the human side, especially on the individual experience of reality as manifested through personality, cognitive power, self-consciousness, and rationalistic and communicative endowments. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194444
ISBN
9781845194444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

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