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Physics & ontology
Paperback. 'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. But it is not just a question that philosophers ask. This Very Short Introduction discusses what reality is by looking at a variety of arguments, theories, and thought-experiments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199594412
- ISBN
- 9780199594412
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. This book charts the evolution of metaphysics since Descartes and provides a compelling case for why metaphysics matters. Series: The Evolution of Modern Philosophy. Num Pages: 692 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521616553
- ISBN
- 9780521616553
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Condition: New
€ 50.62
€ 50.62
Paperback. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? The author tracks historical ideas of friendship, gathers a diversity of friendship stories from the annals of myth and literature, and provides unexpected insights into our friends, ourselves, and the role of friendships in an ethical life. Series: Vices and Virtues. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205367
- ISBN
- 9780300205367
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.39
€ 17.99
€ 14.39
Paperback. Discusses topics such as: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory. This book argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Series: The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson. Num Pages: 352 pages, appendices. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199246274
- ISBN
- 9780199246274
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Condition: New
€ 75.09
€ 75.09
Paperback. This fully revised edition of this standard work on the philosophy of time and space includes two new chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, new material on dynamic time, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and time and consciousness, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651917
- ISBN
- 9781844651917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.34
€ 51.34
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
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096995
- ISBN
- 9780226096995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. * A student-friendly collection of key contemporary texts in metaphysics. * Each text is followed by a detailed commentary, setting it in context. * Includes questions designed to help readers think hard about what the author is saying and why, to think of objections, and to formulate his or her own views. Editor(s): Beebee, Helen; Dodd, Julian. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123679
- ISBN
- 9781405123679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483066
- ISBN
- 9780801483066
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.08
€ 38.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Boettke, Peter J.; Sautet, Frederic. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978591
- ISBN
- 9780865978591
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
€ 11.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? This book provides compelling answers to these crucial questions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433552
- ISBN
- 9780099433552
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. This book offers a look at life's ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680434
- ISBN
- 9781846680434
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739757
- ISBN
- 9780804739757
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Loptson, Peter. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810116
- ISBN
- 9781554810116
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.84
€ 21.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Translator(s): Beranek, Erik; Howles, Tim. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561505
- ISBN
- 9781937561505
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.05
€ 27.99
€ 26.05
paperback. This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason. Translator(s): Ellington, James W. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Hacket Pub.
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205932
- ISBN
- 9780872205932
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the "nocturnal event" that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the "end of metaphysics." Translator(s): Wyche, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 278 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273201
- ISBN
- 9780823273201
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224266
- ISBN
- 9780631224266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.89
€ 40.99
€ 39.89
Paperback. To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253987
- ISBN
- 9780415253987
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.52
€ 19.99
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Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 colour photos. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678983
- ISBN
- 9780816678983
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.60
€ 20.99
€ 20.60