Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Hardback. A new moral theory from an Israeli philosopher and activist emphasizing the existential and political nature of evil. Translator(s): Mazali, Rela; Carel, Havi. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1089.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing),
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951511
- ISBN
- 9781890951511
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€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Hardback. To understand the role of time within the scope of 20th century ontology, after the fundamental works of E Husserl, M Heidegger, P Ricoeur, and E Levinas, means to develop simultaneously the ontology of time. This book aims to demonstrate that in a definite sense the postmodern onto-logy is chrono-logy. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006821
- ISBN
- 9781402006821
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€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. M C Dillon (1938-2005) was widely regarded as a world-leading Merleau-Ponty scholar. This book offers a highly original interpretation of Nietzsche's ontology of becoming. It also offers a ethical theory based on Merleau-Ponty's account of carnal intersubjectivity. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419991
- ISBN
- 9780821419991
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Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
Paperback. Through Aquinas' metaphysics, clarke helps the reader develop a holistic view of the meaningfulness of our universe and of human life. His work rescues the essence of Aquinas' metaphysics, making his body of thought accessible to students and interested readers not trained in Thomistic terminology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037079
- ISBN
- 9780268037079
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€ 38.99€ 35.20
€ 38.99
€ 35.20
It not only celebrates Cavendish as a true figure of the scientific age but contributes to a broader understanding of the contested nature of the scientific revolution. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894435
- ISBN
- 9780801894435
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Condition: New
€ 88.91
€ 88.91
Paperback. Offers a study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world. This title traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: Why is anything here - or anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? Editor(s): Leslie, John; Kuhn, Robert Lawrence. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673553
- ISBN
- 9780470673553
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Hardback. This text is a history of one of the oldest problems in the philosophy of space and time: How is the change from one state to its opposite to be described? Authors treated in this book range from Plato, to contemporary authors, taking into account such theories as interval semantics. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351207
- ISBN
- 9780792351207
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Condition: New
€ 278.65
€ 278.65
Paperback. Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called Singularity when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person something that might be known as soul or spirit? As this book makes clear, the .." Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894924
- ISBN
- 9780718894924
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Condition: New
€ 49.99
€ 49.99
paperback. Translator(s): McMahon, John. Series: Great Books in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Prometheus United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879756710
- ISBN
- 9780879756710
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Condition: New
€ 20.87
€ 20.87
Paperback. Brings together in a systematic way Anthony Kenny's work in the philosopy of mind. It is intended as a sustained attack on a false view of the mind, the Cartesian view, and a demonstration that clarity is impossible without good metaphysics. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192830708
- ISBN
- 9780192830708
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Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
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€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. "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: HPJ; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217953
- ISBN
- 9780823217953
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Condition: New
€ 105.81
€ 105.81
Hardback. This book argues that a plausible account of emergence requires replacing the traditional assumption that what primarily exists are particular entities with generic processes. Traversing contemporary physics and issues of identity over time, it then proceeds to develop a metaphysical taxonomy of emergent entities and of the character of human life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502377
- ISBN
- 9781137502377
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Condition: New
€ 114.08
€ 114.08
hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823213658
- ISBN
- 9780823213658
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Condition: New
€ 105.23
€ 105.23
Hardback. This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral, issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death is a bad thing. Editor(s): Fischer, John. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720465
- ISBN
- 9780804720465
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Condition: New
€ 183.96
€ 183.96
Paperback. This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral, issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death is a bad thing. Editor(s): Fischer, John Martin. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721042
- ISBN
- 9780804721042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.44
€ 43.99
€ 38.44
Hardback. Some philosophers regard relativism as neither true nor false but simply incoherent. The author demonstrates that the way to defend relativism is not by establishing its truth but by clarifying its content. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725713
- ISBN
- 9780674725713
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€ 52.23€ 48.36
€ 52.23
€ 48.36
Paperback. Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the material. In this book, the author argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446197
- ISBN
- 9780140446197
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813209654
- ISBN
- 9780813209654
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Condition: New
€ 51.22
€ 51.22
Paperback. Humans have the ability to imitate and copy behaviours, or memes, from one another. This is an investigation of whether genes and memes can lead to discoveries about the nature of the inner self and whether the inner self is only an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; JMRL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 59. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862129
- ISBN
- 9780192862129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08