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Physics & ontology
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709435
- ISBN
- 9780198709435
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€ 53.21
€ 53.21
Boris Kment takes a new approach to the study of modality that emphasises the origin of modal notions in everyday thought. He argues that the concepts of necessity and possibility originate in counterfactual reasoning, which allows us to investigate explanatory connections. Contrary to accepted views, explanation is more fundamental than modality. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604685
- ISBN
- 9780199604685
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€ 164.44
€ 164.44
Hardback. This text presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. "Worlds" themselves are understood as structured sets of properties. The book also takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330066
- ISBN
- 9780792330066
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Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Paperback. With Part I presenting a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition, and Part II taking up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics, this book is of interest to metaphysicians, possible-world semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330073
- ISBN
- 9780792330073
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Condition: New
€ 191.68
€ 191.68
Hardback. The position of what can be known, or, what cannot be known is foundational to one of the pivotal readings of modernism. Saying that these narratives - the thinking of what constitutes truth and the rethinking of gender - are intertwined, this book suggests that where there is a crisis in knowing, there is also a crisis in gender. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911069
- ISBN
- 9781575911069
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Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 118.91
€ 118.91
Paperback. This volume brings together a range of prominent and emerging voices within American and European Islamic studies to share the latest developments on Muhammad Iqbal thought's. They re-examine the ideas that lie at the heart of Iqbal's own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity. Editor(s): Hillier, H. C.; Koshul, Bilal. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPDF; HPJ; HPS; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424172
- ISBN
- 9781474424172
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.36
€ 38.99
€ 35.36
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646350
- ISBN
- 9780691646350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.10
€ 220.10
Paperback. In this radical reinterpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Walter E. Wehrle demonstrates that developmental theories of Aristotle are based on a faulty assumption: that the fifth chapter of Categories ('substance') is an early theory of metaphysics that Aristotle later abandoned. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847681617
- ISBN
- 9780847681617
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Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 354 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; JMR; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560725169
- ISBN
- 9781560725169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20€ 90.39
€ 121.20
€ 90.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Beilby, James K. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487637
- ISBN
- 9780801487637
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Networks are the future: here's the first philosophy based on networks, a new image of thought for a hyperconnected age. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JF; YNM; YQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780992389
- ISBN
- 9781780992389
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. This text offers a resolution of one of the most vexing problems in Nietzsche scholarship: how can an antifoundationalist philosophy avoid vicious relativism and legitimate its claim to provide a platform for the critique of arguments, practices, and institutions? Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215535
- ISBN
- 9780520215535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 45.45
€ 58.23
€ 45.45
Paperback. A step-by-step guide to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296. An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. 240 pages. A step-by-step guide to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight: 296.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638338
- ISBN
- 9780748638338
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57
Paperback. This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein against scientism and scepticism, this book links eliminative materialism and speculative realism. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522053
- ISBN
- 9780230522053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 154.66
€ 154.66
Hardcover. Peter Wilkin looks in particular at the philosophical basis of Noam Chomsky's social and political thought, especially his ideal about power, knowledge and human nature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669167
- ISBN
- 9780333669167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.47€ 95.28
€ 154.47
€ 95.28
Paperback. Argues that 'nobility of spirit' is the quintessence of a civilized world. This book identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own times; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158533
- ISBN
- 9780300158533
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.75
€ 15.99
€ 12.75
Hardback. Issues surrounding the status and nature of "nonexistent objects" constitue one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets. In this book, Perszyk takes readers through this thicket, informed both historically and at the level of contemporary discussion of relevant themes. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324614
- ISBN
- 9780792324614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Behar, Katherine. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517901097
- ISBN
- 9781517901097
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Bradford Skow presents an original defense of the 'block universe' theory of time, often said to be a theory according to which time does not pass. He provides in-depth discussions of alternative theories, reconciles objective becoming with relativistic physics, and re-evaluates our 'experience' of the passage of time in relation to the argument. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198776697
- ISBN
- 9780198776697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.22
€ 52.22