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Physics & ontology

paperback. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty texts, cross examining scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Condition
New
SKU
9781250084910
ISBN
9781250084910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. This title explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171525
ISBN
9780300171525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.86

hardcover. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022899
ISBN
9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Paperback. The first major study of the philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), not only a friend and student of Wittgenstein's but also in her own right one of the most important philosophers of recent times.Teichmann presents a unified overview of her substantial oeuvre, in particular bringing out the interconnections among her ideas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199603350
ISBN
9780199603350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Paperback. Barry Dainton presents a fascinating new account of the self, grounded in the continuity we find in our streams of consciousness: this is the key to explaining how we can undergo changes but remain the same person. He has original things to say about personal identity, the conditions of our existence and survival, and our relation to our bodies. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK; HPM; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199692248
ISBN
9780199692248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.63

paperback. This text examines what the concept of truth has come to mean in the philosophical tradition, what is wrong with many of the ways of conceiving truth and why philosophers refuse to confront squarely the question of the value of truth. Coverage spans from the pre-Socratics to the 1990s. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674910911
ISBN
9780674910911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.86

Paperback. First published more than half a century ago, this book contains Simon's answers to the questions - what is the nature of knowledge? what kind of activity is it to know? and what is involved in the development of human knowledge? Translator(s): Kuic, Vukan. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212637
ISBN
9780823212637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

hardcover. Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard some proofs as explaining why the theorems being proved do in fact hold. This book proposes new philosophical accounts of many kinds of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 512 pages, 56. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780190269487
ISBN
9780190269487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.08

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.71

Paperback. First published in 1940, this is a broad-ranging work in which Collingwood considers the nature of philosophy, especially of metaphysics. He puts forward his well-known doctrine of absolute pre-suppositions, expounds a logic of question and answer, and gives an account of causation. Editor(s): Martin, Rex. Num Pages: 548 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199241415
ISBN
9780199241415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.16

hardcover. Jaap Mansfeld and Frans de Haas bring together in this volume a distinguished international team of ancient philosophers, presenting a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of the key texts in Aristotle's science and metaphysics: the first book of On Generation and Corruption. Editor(s): Haas, Frans de; Mansfeld, Jaap. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 687.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780199242924
ISBN
9780199242924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.09

Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199243150
ISBN
9780199243150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.00

Paperback. James Connelly and Giuseppina D'Oro present a new edition of R. G. Collingwood's classic work of 1933, supplementing the original text with important related writings from Collingwood's manuscripts which appear here for the first time. The editors also contribute a substantial new introduction. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPL; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199544936
ISBN
9780199544936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.90

Hardcover. Hud Hudson shows that apparently irreconcilable conflicts between science and religion often turn out to be misdescribed battles about negotiable philosophical assumptions. He defends an original Hypertime Hypothesis which reconciles the Christian doctrines of The Fall and Original Sin with reigning scientific orthodoxy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198712695
ISBN
9780198712695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64

paperback. This single volume guides provides everything you need to know about Heidegger's Being and Time. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edinburgh Univ. Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780748627349
ISBN
9780748627349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 237 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974463
ISBN
9780865974463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856307301
ISBN
9783856307301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.15
€ 42.31

paperback. The cult sci-fi movie, "The Matrix", presented a fake world made of nothing but perceptions. This text contains 20 essays on philosophical problems raised by the film, which focus on the issue, "Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it?". Editor(s): Irwin, William. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780812695021
ISBN
9780812695021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. This standard work in thanatology is updated with ten essays new to the second edition, and features a new introduction by Donnelly. The collection addresses certain basic issues inherent in a philosophy of death. Num Pages: 381 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215829
ISBN
9780823215829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

hardcover. In this volume, Daniel A. Dombrowski defends the ontological argument against its contemporary critics. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521863698
ISBN
9780521863698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 84.98

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