Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Hardback. This critical analysis of all the classic logical paradoxes, both ancient and modern, systematically surveys different approaches, introduces original solutions to many prominent paradoxes, and assesses the role played by paradoxes in philosophy and ontology. Translator(s): Gensler, Marek. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 196 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400714755
- ISBN
- 9789400714755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.52
€ 122.52
Paperback. Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words 'Phusis kruptesthai philei.' Drawing on the work of ancients and later thinkers such as Goethe, Rilke, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, this book traces successive interpretations of Heraclitus' words. Translator(s): Chase, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030497
- ISBN
- 9780674030497
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.07
€ 34.99
€ 29.07
Paperback. This book is an important and timely contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heideggera s philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. But it is more than that: it is also a study, by the leading sociologist in France today, of some of the institutional mechanisms involved in the production of philosophical discourse. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617145
- ISBN
- 9780745617145
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Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Hardback. Pierfrancesco Basile looks at myths: where they came from and why Whitehead rejects them. In doing so, Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics - especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same - and how it is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404143
- ISBN
- 9781474404143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.26€ 99.72
€ 104.26
€ 99.72
Hardback. Scientific and philosophical literature on causality has become highly specialised. It is hard to find suitable access points for students, young researchers, or professionals outside this domain. This book provides a guide to the complex literature, explains the scientific problems of causality and the philosophical tools needed to address them. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199662678
- ISBN
- 9780199662678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.54
€ 59.54
Hardback. Why do ideas of how mechanisms relate to causality and probability differ so much across the sciences? Can progress in understanding the tools of causal inference in some sciences lead to progress in others? This book tackles these questions and others concerning the use of causality in the sciences. Editor(s): Illari, Phyllis McKay; Russo, Dr. Federica; Williamson, Jon. Num Pages: 952 pages, 79 line drawings plus 2 colour plates. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 952
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574131
- ISBN
- 9780199574131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.88
€ 147.88
Hardback. This book collects cutting-edge research on the complexities that distinguish function theory. Rather than debate a single theory of functions, the book presents the richness of philosophical issues raised by functional discourse across the various sciences. Editor(s): Huneman, Philippe. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 243 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; PDA; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400753037
- ISBN
- 9789400753037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.34
€ 186.34
hardcover. This is a collection of Peter van Inwagen's recent essays on ontology and meta-ontology. Num Pages: 267 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107047129
- ISBN
- 9781107047129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.80
€ 62.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483066
- ISBN
- 9780801483066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.49
€ 42.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Fourth Edition, Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813349343
- ISBN
- 9780813349343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Paperback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141296
- ISBN
- 9789048141296
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Condition: New
€ 240.73
€ 240.73
Paperback. Deals with the findings of just some of the authorities modern philosophy, social science and psychology in an open discourse between the ancient and the modern, the traditional and the scientific, the industrial and the personal. This book is of interest to academics and students in psychology, sociology, and philosophy. Num Pages: 203 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPJ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Anqa Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953451371
- ISBN
- 9780953451371
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.14
€ 19.99
€ 18.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893525
- ISBN
- 9788772893525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.02€ 51.34
€ 66.02
€ 51.34
Paperback. This is a compilation of essays by thirteen authors dedicated to a direct exploration of Wittgenstein and Plato. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCA; HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348190
- ISBN
- 9781349348190
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1935
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674138025
- ISBN
- 9780674138025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 302.27€ 264.40
€ 302.27
€ 264.40
Hardcover. Defining an "emphatic" as an intrusion that alters the import of what it intrudes on, Weiss sets the stage for an exquisitely systematic, speculative study of the major themes confronting modern metaphysics. Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826513533
- ISBN
- 9780826513533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.13
€ 100.13
Paperback. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816625710
- ISBN
- 9780816625710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. Describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This title includes a foreword that situates the book within the theological conversation from which it emerged and conveys its continued relevance in the present century. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HRAM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300188790
- ISBN
- 9780300188790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.93
€ 14.99
€ 12.93
Paperback. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401072441
- ISBN
- 9789401072441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.95
€ 186.95
Hardback. Critics and artists claim the title of interpreter for themselves. Scientists do not so readily describe themselves in this way. This text recognizes that whenever interpretation occurs there may be a plurality of successful interpretations. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697823
- ISBN
- 9780847697823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.09
€ 161.09
Hardback. Recounts the remarkable history of efforts by significant medieval thinkers to accommodate the ontology of the Trinity within the framework of Aristotelian logic and ontology Series: Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234769
- ISBN
- 9780823234769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.17
€ 88.17
Hardback. Empiricism and the Problem of Metaphysics develops and defends an empiricist solution to the problem of metaphysics, then examines the implications of such a solution for skeptical arguments and the is-ought gap. At the heart of the solution is an empirically verifiable empiricist view of the a priori. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739142554
- ISBN
- 9780739142554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.61
€ 134.61
Hardback. The most accessible of Ricoeur's early texts, Fallible Man offers an introduction to phenomenological method. Translator(s): Kelbley, Charles A. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823211500
- ISBN
- 9780823211500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.59
€ 90.59
Paperback. Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of Strasbourg in 1953-54. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660554
- ISBN
- 9780745660554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49