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Physics & ontology

Paperback. The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the disciplinea s canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabenda s Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. Num Pages: 170 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631179184
ISBN
9780631179184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.22

Hardback. * A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience. * Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics. * Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals. * Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism. Series: Contemporary Philosophy S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186946
ISBN
9780631186946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.15

Paperback. * A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience. * Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics. * Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals. * Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism. Series: Contemporary Philosophy S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186953
ISBN
9780631186953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Paperback. Hilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631193432
ISBN
9780631193432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Paperback. Published annually, this book brings together original and first-rate articles written by leading scholars in the field of philosophy. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 540 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 12
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212065
ISBN
9780631212065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.92

Paperback. Contains contributions by leading scholars, who examine the following areas: intensionality and intentionality; language ontology and truth; rule-following; the nature of the mental; consciousness and qualia: a symposium; and naturalism and actualism - an exchange. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 540 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 12
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212072
ISBN
9780631212072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.90

Hardback. A collection of the influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being - from Spinoza's doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell's "logical atomism" and from the Buddha's account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz's one of causally independent "monads". Editor(s): Cooper, David E. Series: Philosophy: The Classic Readings. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DQ; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213246
ISBN
9780631213246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. Form and Matter is a collection of six papers by leading philosophers on topics in contemporary metaphysics looked at from an Aristotelian perspective. Topics covered include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of mind, the nature of mixture,and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing. Editor(s): Oderberg, David S. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213895
ISBN
9780631213895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Hardback. 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: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214052
ISBN
9780631214052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

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

€ 38.77

Paperback. * Outstanding contributors including both long--established and younger writers * Specially--commissioned essays* Wide ranging discussions stemming from the work of David Wiggins and his contribution to philosophy* Contains Wigginsa replies to each of the papers thus offering a guide to his present thinking. . Editor(s): Lovibond, Sabina; Williams, S. G. Series: Aristotelian Society Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220688
ISBN
9780631220688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardback. This guide is an introduction to the core areas of metaphysics. It brings together sixteen internationally respected philosophers who examine topics including causation, temporality, ontology, personal identity, idealism, and realism. Editor(s): Gale, Richard M. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221203
ISBN
9780631221203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.18

Paperback. This work presents a siginificant contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. Original essays cover topics including: the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death; and normative appraisals of death. Editor(s): French, Peter A.; Wettstein, Howard K. Series: Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume XXIV
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221517
ISBN
9780631221517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Hardback. This work is a defence of modal realism, that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that we are only one of many races. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224969
ISBN
9780631224969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.88

Paperback. Contains papers from a conference on realism and relativism. This title includes fifteen substantial papers by leading figures, who have contributed papers representative of their work. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 12
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233848
ISBN
9780631233848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.58

Paperback. Explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. This text includes discussion of central differences from, and similarities with the scholastics and how these discriminations affected Descartes's defence of body. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009684
ISBN
9780674009684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.26
€ 48.67

Paperback. Argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world, and for a correspondence notion of truth. Furthermore, he argues that, contrary to received opinion, the metaphysical question of realism is distinct from, and prior to, any semantic question about truth. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011875
ISBN
9780691011875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.49

Paperback. An English translation of a major work by the great Neoplatonist philosopher, whose commentary greatly influenced later medieval and Renaissance thought. It comprises a full account of Proclus's own metaphysical system, disguised in the form of commentary. Translator(s): Morrow, Glenn R.; Dillon, John M. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020891
ISBN
9780691020891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.75
€ 71.49

Paperback. Approaches the question about dream and reality by seeking to identify its subject matter: what is it that would be the dream if "this" were a dream? Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128597
ISBN
9780691128597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

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