Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback. Governments throughout the world are policing and curbing excitement. From crusades against alcohol and bans on sexual deviance to ever more prohibitions on drugs, it seems that almost no avenue of stimulation is safe from the puritanical oversight of the state. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509506835
- ISBN
- 9781509506835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Hardcover. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275448
- ISBN
- 9781137275448
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. Narrative, Philosophy and Life Editor(s): Speight, Allen. Series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401793483
- ISBN
- 9789401793483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Speight, Allen. Series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; HPN; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402408089
- ISBN
- 9789402408089
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Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140416
- ISBN
- 9780231140416
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Environmental aesthetics is a field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. This book addresses the complex relationships between aesthetic appreciation and environmental issues and emphasizes the contribution that environmental aesthetics can make to environmentalism. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Lintott, Sheila. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138871
- ISBN
- 9780231138871
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Hardcover. Based on Nelson Goodman's conception of language and of pragmatically inherited meaning, this book looks at the arts as systems of particular symbols. The author offers an approach to kalology as a metaphysical implication of symbological functioning. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573550
- ISBN
- 9780230573550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Leading young scholars present a collection of wide-ranging essays covering central problems in meta-aesthetics and aesthetic issues in the philosophy of mind, as well as offering analyses of key aesthetic concepts, new perspectives on the history of aesthetics, and specialized treatment of individual art forms. Editor(s): Stock, Kathleen; Thomson-Jones, Katherine. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220461
- ISBN
- 9780230220461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Paperback. Leading young scholars present a collection of wide-ranging essays covering central problems in meta-aesthetics and aesthetic issues in the philosophy of mind, as well as offering analyses of key aesthetic concepts, new perspectives on the history of aesthetics, and specialized treatment of individual art forms. Editor(s): Stock, Kathleen; Thomson-Jones, Katherine. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220478
- ISBN
- 9780230220478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251618
- ISBN
- 9780230251618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. A new translation and edition of one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period. Editor(s): Geuss, Raymond; Speirs, Ronald. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521639873
- ISBN
- 9780521639873
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.27
€ 24.99
€ 21.27
Hardback. Translator(s): Brenner, David. Num Pages: 496 pages, Figures: 21,. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780231147989
- ISBN
- 9780231147989
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Condition: New
€ 108.86€ 83.24
€ 108.86
€ 83.24
hardcover. Nelson Goodman's disparate writings are often considered separately. This book argues that the separate disciplines of ontology, epistemology and aesthetics should been seen as sequential, interdependent steps within his thought. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402099304
- ISBN
- 9781402099304
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Condition: New
€ 125.95
€ 125.95
Paperback. Nelson Goodman's disparate writings are often considered separately. This book argues that the separate disciplines of ontology, epistemology and aesthetics should been seen as sequential, interdependent steps within his thought. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048182237
- ISBN
- 9789048182237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
hardcover. If art and science have one thing in common, it's a hunger for the new - new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting the world. The author takes us on a tour of more than two millennia of thinking about the problem of the new, from the puzzles of the pre-Socratics all the way up to the art world of the 1960s and '70s. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226077871
- ISBN
- 9780226077871
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226325309
- ISBN
- 9780226325309
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.89
€ 23.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. When originally published in 1960, this was the first complete English translation since 1799 of Kant's early work on aesthetics. More literary than philosophical, "Observations" shows Kant as a man of feeling rather than the dry thinker he often seemed to readers of the three "Critiques". Translator(s): Goldthwait, John T. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154. 124 pages. When originally published in 1960, this was the first complete English translation since 1799 of Kant's early work on aesthetics. More literary than philosophical, "Observations" shows Kant as a man of feeling rather than the dry thinker he often seemed to readers of the three "Critiques". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPCD; HPN. Dimension: 182 x 134 x 11. Weight: 154. Translator(s): Goldthwait, John T.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240780
- ISBN
- 9780520240780
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.64
€ 30.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643172
- ISBN
- 9780748643172
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€ 32.99€ 30.22
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Hardback. Compiled and presented by Jean Szenec, this anthology helps the contemporary reader to familiarize himself with Diderot's aesthetic thought in all its greatness. It includes eight illustrations and is followed by texts from Jean Starobinski, Michel Delon, and Arthur Cohen. Editor(s): Glaus, John S.D.; Seznec, Jean. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400700611
- ISBN
- 9789400700611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.15
€ 126.15
On Art and Artists: An Anthology of Diderot's Aesthetic Thought
. Ed(S): Glaus, John S.d.; Diderot, Denis; Se...
Paperback. Compiled and presented by Jean Szenec, this anthology helps the contemporary reader to familiarize himself with Diderot's aesthetic thought in all its greatness. It includes eight illustrations and is followed by texts from Jean Starobinski, Michel Delon, and Arthur Cohen. Editor(s): Glaus, John S.D.; Diderot, Denis; Seznec, Jean. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HPC; HPCF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400789883
- ISBN
- 9789400789883
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Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN; HPQ; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138796850
- ISBN
- 9781138796850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
hardcover. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 336 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231168328
- ISBN
- 9780231168328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 24.97
€ 38.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396965
- ISBN
- 9780141396965
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486437392
- ISBN
- 9780486437392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.49
€ 16.99
€ 13.49