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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192830708
- ISBN
- 9780192830708
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Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Hardback. Finite, Contingent, and Free is a Roman Catholic perspective that views acceptance as the proper response to the conditions of human existence, and the foundation for ethics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514041
- ISBN
- 9780742514041
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Condition: New
€ 154.44
€ 154.44
Organized around themes such as harmony with one s self and with the world, right relation to God, the use of reason, self-exploration, and living in a disordered world, the selections in this anthology explore traditional philosophical thought from Plato to de Beauvoir on the topic of human flourishing." Editor(s): Guignon, Charles B. Series: Hackett Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204393
- ISBN
- 9780872204393
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.22
€ 53.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. This Handbook consists of 21 new essays on the nature and value of death, the relevance of the metaphysics of time and personal identity for questions about death, the desirability of immortality, and the wrongness of killing. Editor(s): Bradley, Ben; Feldman, Fred; Johansson, Jens. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HPS; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 860.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190271459
- ISBN
- 9780190271459
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Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Loux, Michael J. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388. Readings in the Metaphysics of Modality. 336 pages. Editor(s): Loux, Michael J. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPJ. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight: 388.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801491788
- ISBN
- 9780801491788
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.20
€ 41.99
€ 41.20
Paperback. Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics implies the moral gulf, holds that human beings are ultimately separate from nature. This title analyzes and challenges Thomas' understanding of the human soul, his primary justification for the moral separation. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022051
- ISBN
- 9780268022051
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725713
- ISBN
- 9780674725713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.54€ 47.31
€ 51.54
€ 47.31
Hardcover. Frederick Dretske's views on the nature of seeing, the possibility of knowledge, the nature of content or non-natural meaning, the nature of behavior, and the role of content in teh causal explanation of behavior have been profoundly important. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Brian. Num Pages: 438 pages, 6 photographs, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557861986
- ISBN
- 9781557861986
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardback. Provides an emphasis on metaphysics broadly conceived Editor(s): Bolyard, Charles. Series: Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HPCB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244720
- ISBN
- 9780823244720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.84
€ 106.84
Paperback. aeo Provides a comprehensive source to key metaphysics debates. aeo Includes classic articles by internationally acclaimed philosophers. aeo Incorporates seven new state--of--the art papers. aeo Begins with an overview essay hightlighting important debates. Editor(s): Laurence, Stephen; MacDonald, Cynthia. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201724
- ISBN
- 9780631201724
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
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
€ 88.20
€ 88.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847676002
- ISBN
- 9780847676002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.19
€ 62.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Collin, Finn; Jensen, Uffe Juul; Gron, Arne; Kappel, Klemens; Nordenbo, Sven-Erik; Koch, C.H. Series: Danish Yearbook of Philosophy. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891934
- ISBN
- 9788772891934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
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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Condition: New
€ 162.16
€ 162.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141983844
- ISBN
- 9780141983844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Ponders the nature of happiness and its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout the ages. This title explores notions of happiness - from Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles Darwin, Iris Murdoch, and the Dalai Lama - as well as the theories advanced by psychologists, economists, geneticists, and neuroscientists. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JMAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300178104
- ISBN
- 9780300178104
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. In this engaging book, Gianni Vattimo explores the theme of faith and religion which underlies much of his work. Num Pages: 104 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619552
- ISBN
- 9780745619552
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Condition: New
€ 21.19
€ 21.19
Paperback. Considers the role and meaning of philosophy. The author proposes a robust and unified philosophy that would find itself equally at home in artistic and scientific disciplines. He focuses on Deleuze's "Difference and Repetition" and Heidegger's "Contributions to Philosophy" for their handling of the concept of difference. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216717
- ISBN
- 9780253216717
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Hardback. This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging contemporary thinkers, rethinks community and the very idea of the social. Nancy's fundamental argument is that being is always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence is essentially co-existence. Translator(s): Richardson, Robert; O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739740
- ISBN
- 9780804739740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. Papers by leading figures on metaphysical issues pertaining to epistemology. Topics treated include the metaphysics of perception and of experience, disjunctivism, content externalism, epistemic abilities, the lottery paradox, the epistemology of consciousness, the metaphysics of knowledge as a state, and the ontology of reasons. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405182249
- ISBN
- 9781405182249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911069
- ISBN
- 9781575911069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.44
€ 115.44
Hardcover. Aristotle Metaphysica Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Greek
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145134
- ISBN
- 9780198145134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.31
€ 56.31
hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198796572
- ISBN
- 9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.23
€ 109.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974470
- ISBN
- 9780865974470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.57
€ 14.99
€ 12.57