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Philosophy
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Peter G.; Schmidt, Jeremy J. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597265652
- ISBN
- 9781597265652
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€ 53.64
€ 53.64
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131136
- ISBN
- 9781592131136
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€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Paperback. Combines the traditional rabbinic approach and the modern academic perspective to forge a different understanding of Maimonides. This work includes an essay on Maimonides' approach to superstition in rabbinic literature. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589661653
- ISBN
- 9781589661653
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€ 16.79
€ 16.79
Paperback. Bringing together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition, this collection offers a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can, do, and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics. Editor(s): Lang, Anthony F., Jr.; O'Driscoll, Cian; Williams, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019966
- ISBN
- 9781589019966
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€ 72.81
€ 72.81
Paperback. The philosopher Patrick Suppes has developed a unique and influential approach to studying the foundations of science - he combines an understanding of the main principles of scientific theories in axiomatic terms and formal models with a hands-on approach. This book searches for a common thread in Suppes' multifaceted work. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866529
- ISBN
- 9781575866529
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€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Hardcover. As one of the world's most eminent living philosophers, John Perry has covered a remarkable breadth of subjects in his published work. Looking at the way in which he deals with issues of self, communication, and reality, this title is organized in seven chapters that highlight different aspects of his work on the intersection of these subjects. Editor(s): Newen, Albert; Riel, Raphael van. Series: Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866437
- ISBN
- 9781575866437
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€ 58.25
€ 58.25
Hardcover. Representational systems provide their owners with useful information about their environment and are shaped by the special informational needs of the organism with respect to its environment. This compilation of philosophical and scientific research comprises a survey of neuroscientific research on representational systems in animals and humans. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866314
- ISBN
- 9781575866314
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Condition: New
€ 87.79
€ 87.79
Paperback. Representational systems provide their owners with useful information about their environment and are shaped by the special informational needs of the organism with respect to its environment. This compilation of philosophical and scientific research comprises a survey of neuroscientific research on representational systems in animals and humans. Num Pages: 254 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866307
- ISBN
- 9781575866307
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€ 40.36
€ 40.36
Hardcover. Plato's "Parmenides" and Aristotle's "Metaphysics" initiated the discussion of the "First Philosophy" in the Western canon. This work deals with this debate by considering statements as the fundamental bearers of truth-values. Num Pages: 1200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 184 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1824.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 1200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575865409
- ISBN
- 9781575865409
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€ 71.45
€ 71.45
Paperback. Most human thinking is thoroughly informed by context, but theories of reasoning have concentrated on abstract rules and generalities that make no reference to this crucial factor. This work brings together essays from leading cognitive scientists to forge an interdisciplinary understanding of the contextual phenomenon. Editor(s): Bouquet, Paolo; Serafini, Luciano; Thomason, Richmond H. Series: Center for the Study of Language & Information - Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; JMRN; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575865386
- ISBN
- 9781575865386
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Condition: New
€ 43.66
€ 43.66
Paperback. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575863467
- ISBN
- 9781575863467
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€ 36.20
€ 36.20
Hardcover. This study offers a novel integration of distinct aspects of Russell's thought. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862095
- ISBN
- 9781575862095
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€ 81.35
€ 81.35
Hardback. The culmination of forty years of theorizing about the moral status of animals, this book explicates and justifies society's moral obligation to animals in terms of the commonsense metaphysics and ethics of Aristotle's concept of telos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826221018
- ISBN
- 9780826221018
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Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
Paperback. Presents Emily Dickinson as one of America's great thinkers. This book weaves together many strands in Dickinson's intellectual culture - philosophy, lexicography, religion, experimental science, the female Bildungsroman - and shows how she developed a lyricized and conversational hermeneutics suited to rethinking the discourses of her time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496842
- ISBN
- 9781558496842
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€ 37.49
€ 37.49
Paperback. Focuses on affirmation, on that mysterious process by which the self comes to know itself in relation to others and forges an identity. This work pays attention to the role of devotion, showing how the taking of responsibility for another is the essence of affirmation, which in turn is the fundamental ingredient in the development of a self. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495746
- ISBN
- 9781558495746
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Condition: New
€ 34.27
€ 34.27
Paperback. Epimetheus has largely been forgotten, and yet he was once credited with bringing humans into the world naked, unshod, without bed, and unarmed. This book describes the human condition positively in terms of its state of origin. It seeks to articulate the goodness of fragility. Translator(s): Pluhacek, Stephen. Series: Philosophy/Communication. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534972
- ISBN
- 9781557534972
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.68
€ 13.99
€ 13.68
Paperback. Makes an important contribution to contemporary philosophical and political debates concerning the advancement of global justice and human rights. This book also lays claim to a significant place in both normative ethics and human rights studies in as much as it seeks to vindicate a universalistic, rational approach to human rights ethics. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534804
- ISBN
- 9781557534804
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.83
€ 41.99
€ 34.83
Paperback. Examines historically and critically the dire affects of the process of animalization on both humans and animals. Following the philosophical provenance of the idea of "animality", this work explores the practical and "scientific" uses of this idea, focusing largely on what Stephen J Gould terms the "biodeterministic tradition". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534743
- ISBN
- 9781557534743
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.91
€ 31.99
€ 26.91
The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People...
Birke, Linda, Arluke, Arnold
Paperback. Provides an account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. This work offers an analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. Editor(s): Michael, Mike; Birke, Linda. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534323
- ISBN
- 9781557534323
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.10
€ 34.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Deals with the issues of internal legality surrounding the events of Guantanamo Bay. Editor(s): Butler, Clark. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534279
- ISBN
- 9781557534279
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€ 23.99€ 20.81
€ 23.99
€ 20.81
Paperback. Offers both a theoretical and practical assessment of the phenomenon of acknowledgment, and its relationship to such other phenomena as the call of conscience, recognition and the attunement of consciousness, the discursive transformation of time and space, the deconstructive and reconstructive nature of existence, and more. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534026
- ISBN
- 9781557534026
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.38
€ 36.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. "Communicative Praxis and the Space of Subjectivity" spans the fields of philosophy and communication, illustrating how the amalgam of discourse and action, and language and social practices, is constructive of the way that we define ourselves and makes sense of the world in which we exist. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533012
- ISBN
- 9781557533012
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Condition: New
€ 29.10
€ 29.10
Paperback. Hegel's "Science of Logic", still remains for most philosophers (both figuratively and literally) a firmly closed book. The purpose of this title is to dispel the myths that surround the "Logic" and to show that Hegel's unjustly neglected text is a work of extraordinary subtlety and insight. Editor(s): Houlgate, Stephen. Series: History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF3; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 758.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532572
- ISBN
- 9781557532572
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Condition: New
€ 44.31
€ 44.31
Paperback. A practical reading guide to the thought of Plotinus, the great philosopher who was born in Alexandria in the third century AD, lived in Rome and wrote in Greek. Series: History of philosophy series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532343
- ISBN
- 9781557532343
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.05
€ 30.99
€ 27.05