Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
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.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983844
- ISBN
- 9780141983844
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€ 16.99€ 12.96
€ 16.99
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Hardback. Formulates a critique of widely accepted mereological assumptions, presents a conception of wholes as 'Unities', and demonstrates the advantages of this conception in treating a variety of metaphysical puzzles. This title suggests that conceiving wholes as Unities offers us a way of understanding the world in non-reductive terms. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 651.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402016608
- ISBN
- 9781402016608
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€ 187.97
€ 187.97
Paperback. For Plato the soul was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. In 'De Anima', Plato's student, Aristotle sought to set out his theory of soul as the ultimate reality of embodied form and produced a masterpiece of philosophical insight. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444711
- ISBN
- 9780140444711
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
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Paperback. Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the material. In this book, the author argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446197
- ISBN
- 9780140446197
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.96
€ 16.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664397
- ISBN
- 9781624664397
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. A close translation of the fourth, fifth and sixth books of the "Metaphysics", in which Aristotle discusses the nature and scope of metaphysics. The translation is accompanied by an interpretative and critical commentary. The second edition includes an expanded bibliography. Translator(s): Kirwan, Christopher. Series: Clarendon Aristotle Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, index, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198240877
- ISBN
- 9780198240877
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Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Hardback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018596
- ISBN
- 9781402018596
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Condition: New
€ 90.06
€ 90.06
hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402055331
- ISBN
- 9781402055331
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€ 189.01
€ 189.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780231052184
- ISBN
- 9780231052184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.94€ 106.84
€ 140.94
€ 106.84
Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147178
- ISBN
- 9780691147178
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€ 50.74€ 40.69
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Hardback. Understanding "what something is" has long occupied philosophers, and no Western thinker has had more influence on the nature of being than Aristotle. Focusing on a reinterpretation of the concept of energeia as "activity," Aryeh Kosman reexamines Aristotle's ontology and some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher's thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072862
- ISBN
- 9780674072862
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Condition: New
€ 56.32€ 52.13
€ 56.32
€ 52.13
Paperback. Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned that the route to the analysis of thought is the analysis of language. Here are bold and deep readings of the subject's history and character, which form the topic of this volume. Editor(s): Weiss, B. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCF5; HPJ; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486168
- ISBN
- 9781349486168
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Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
paperback. This text examines what the concept of truth has come to mean in the philosophical tradition, what is wrong with many of the ways of conceiving truth and why philosophers refuse to confront squarely the question of the value of truth. Coverage spans from the pre-Socratics to the 1990s. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674910911
- ISBN
- 9780674910911
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
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Paperback. This fully revised edition of this standard work on the philosophy of time and space includes two new chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, new material on dynamic time, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and time and consciousness, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651917
- ISBN
- 9781844651917
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Condition: New
€ 48.03
€ 48.03
Paperback. Barry Dainton presents a fascinating new account of the self, grounded in the continuity we find in our streams of consciousness: this is the key to explaining how we can undergo changes but remain the same person. He has original things to say about personal identity, the conditions of our existence and survival, and our relation to our bodies. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK; HPM; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199692248
- ISBN
- 9780199692248
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Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Paperback. * A student-friendly collection of key contemporary texts in metaphysics. * Each text is followed by a detailed commentary, setting it in context. * Includes questions designed to help readers think hard about what the author is saying and why, to think of objections, and to formulate his or her own views. Editor(s): Beebee, Helen; Dodd, Julian. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123679
- ISBN
- 9781405123679
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Condition: New
€ 36.94
€ 36.94
Paperback. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020354
- ISBN
- 9780268020354
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Condition: New
€ 55.25€ 54.99
€ 55.25
€ 54.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904693980
- ISBN
- 9780904693980
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.80
€ 25.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. This book, the first of three volumes, revises the Aristotelian argument and develops an assessment whereby the technical object can be seen as having an essential, distinct temporality and dynamics of its own. Translator(s): Beardsworth, Richard; Collins, George. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 316 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730419
- ISBN
- 9780804730419
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.82
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Paperback. An incisive, original, compelling alternative to current mainstream cultural views and assumptions. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350184
- ISBN
- 9781785350184
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
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€ 15.88
Paperback. Presents an introduction to logical atomism and its application to ontology and epistemology. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415474610
- ISBN
- 9780415474610
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.35
€ 21.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. What did Spinoza ever do for us? This vtitle shows how Spinoza's theory of bodies transforms our understanding of music, and how it grounds 'collective subjectivity' in contemporary politics.It deals with Spinoza's connection to literature, politics, the environment and beyond. Editor(s): Lord, Beth. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404723
- ISBN
- 9781474404723
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Condition: New
€ 29.48
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Paperback. Beth Lord looks at Kant's philosophy in relation to four thinkers who attempted to fuse transcendental idealism with Spinoza's doctrine of immanence. Examining Jacobi, Herder, Maimon and Deleuze, Lord argues that Spinozism is central to the development of Kant's thought, and opens new avenues for understanding Kant's relation to Deleuze. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362790
- ISBN
- 9781349362790
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Condition: New
€ 120.18
€ 120.18
Hardback. For centuries people have debated the nature of the human self. Running beneath these various arguments lie three certainties -- we are born, reproduce sexually, and die. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622781
- ISBN
- 9780745622781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64