Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Paperback. Covers perennial philosophical problems such as the connection between mind and body; life after death; the role of reason; free will and determinism; the relationship between the individual and society; and the problem of relativism. This book is suitable for those interested in the theories that have affected the course of human history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214069
- ISBN
- 9780631214069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
Paperback. 'This book is both a fine introduction to the me taphysics of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz and a rich, wide-ranging study of the interaction betwee n physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth centu ry.' - Kenneth P Winkler, Wellesley College Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415090223
- ISBN
- 9780415090223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Hardback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319210643
- ISBN
- 9783319210643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardcover. Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. He considers what normative implications this social constructionism has for our understanding of our practices of representing human kinds, like race, gender, and sexual orientation, and for our own agency. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; JM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198755678
- ISBN
- 9780198755678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.21
€ 105.21
Hardback. Provides an emphasis on metaphysics broadly conceived Editor(s): Bolyard, Charles. Series: Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HPCB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244720
- ISBN
- 9780823244720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; DSA; DSB; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650487
- ISBN
- 9780691650487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 277.61
€ 277.61
Hardback. What to make of that surprisingly monotonous series of statements produced by our societies and our philosophers that all converge in one theme - the importance of difference? This book provides an account of difference that is neither ontological nor ethical, but 'me-ontological'. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402028250
- ISBN
- 9781402028250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.50
€ 191.50
Paperback. Translator(s): Pusch, R. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880101950
- ISBN
- 9780880101950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. Translator(s): Barton, M. Series: Selected Lectures by Rudolf Steiner S. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First edition in English. Paperback.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855840461
- ISBN
- 9781855840461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Monkfish Book Publishing
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974935973
- ISBN
- 9780974935973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Ryan Wasserman explores a range of fascinating puzzles raised by the possibility of time travel, with entertaining examples from physics, science fiction, and popular culture, and he draws out their implications for our understanding of time, tense, freedom, fatalism, causation, counterfactuals, laws of nature, persistence, change, and mereology. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHR. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198793335
- ISBN
- 9780198793335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.12
€ 110.12
Hardback. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812690996
- ISBN
- 9780812690996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.03
€ 36.99
€ 31.03
hardcover. Series: New Problems of Philosophy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138827585
- ISBN
- 9781138827585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Paperback. Philosophical reflection on death dates back to ancient times, but death remains one of the most profound, puzzling topics. This anthology brings together a selection of seminal work on the epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical questions surrounding death. Editor(s): Brennan, Samantha; Stainton, Robert. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551119021
- ISBN
- 9781551119021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.73€ 60.92
€ 78.73
€ 60.92
Paperback. This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199992928
- ISBN
- 9780199992928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Hardcover. This volume collects Saul Kripke's Locke Lectures, which were delivered in Oxford in 1973. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199928385
- ISBN
- 9780199928385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Feminist voices respond to evil and acts of terrorism that trouble modern society Editor(s): Schott, Robin May. Series: A Hypatia Book. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219015
- ISBN
- 9780253219015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Discusses the development of Neo-Confucianism, its criticism, the development of the Practical Learning, the introduction of European sciences, the influence of Catholicism on the traditional Confucian society and its theoretical dispute. This book deals with the Catholic influence on Tasan. Translator(s): Koertner, Tobias J. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRKN1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9783631575475
- ISBN
- 9783631575475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Hardback. This book examines an ambivalence to language deeply rooted in Western culture, as seen in the writings of Eliot, Beckett, and Celan, and in the context of age-old metaphysical biases against body, history, time, and the mundane as these continue to shape our system of values and moral commitments. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723879
- ISBN
- 9780804723879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.70
€ 111.70
Hardcover. In a series of thought-provoking and original essays, eighteen leading philosophers engage in head-to-head debates of nine of the most cutting edge topics in contemporary metaphysics. Editor(s): Sider, Theodore; Hawthorne, John; Zimmerman, Dean W. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112284
- ISBN
- 9781405112284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83