Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
paperback. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty texts, cross examining scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781250084910
- ISBN
- 9781250084910
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.88
€ 19.99
€ 13.88
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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€ 158.78
€ 158.78
Paperback. 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: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514058
- ISBN
- 9780742514058
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€ 60.21
€ 60.21
Paperback. New translations of the central mediaeval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in mediaeval philosophy, history of mediaeval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise Introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202498
- ISBN
- 9780872202498
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€ 29.99€ 21.38
€ 29.99
€ 21.38
Paperback. Form and Matter is a collection of six papers by leading philosophers on topics in contemporary metaphysics looked at from an Aristotelian perspective. Topics covered include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of mind, the nature of mixture,and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing. Editor(s): Oderberg, David S. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213895
- ISBN
- 9780631213895
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Condition: New
€ 27.03
€ 27.03
Paperback. What is a thing? What is an object? The author decisively overturns 100 years of Heideggerian orthodoxy about the supposed derivative nature of objects and in so doing provides deep insights about the world and our place in it. Translator(s): Ohm, Mark Allan; Cogburn, Jon. Series: Speculative Realism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748681501
- ISBN
- 9780748681501
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.64
€ 37.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Addressing the topics concerned with the metaphysics of time and identity over time, this book aims to defend the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199263523
- ISBN
- 9780199263523
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.57
€ 51.99
€ 51.57
Paperback. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? The author tracks historical ideas of friendship, gathers a diversity of friendship stories from the annals of myth and literature, and provides unexpected insights into our friends, ourselves, and the role of friendships in an ethical life. Series: Vices and Virtues. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205367
- ISBN
- 9780300205367
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.95
€ 16.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. Series: Incitements. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 191 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474418256
- ISBN
- 9781474418256
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Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Paperback. This study examines in depth Gadamer's relation to Heidegger, looking at the ways in which Gadamer positively appropiates central elements of Heidegger's work, as well as the way he extends Heidegger's critique of Western metaphysics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847696970
- ISBN
- 9780847696970
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Condition: New
€ 49.24
€ 49.24
Hardback. Series: Speculative Realism. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474415910
- ISBN
- 9781474415910
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Condition: New
€ 167.17
€ 167.17
Paperback. The publication of Form and Object: A Treatise on Things by Tristan Garcia, is a genuine event in the history of philosophy. Situating this event within classical, modern and contemporary dialectical space, Jon Cogburn evaluates Garcia's metaphysics, differential ontology and militant anti-reductionism through a series of incompatible oppositions. Series: Speculative Realism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474415941
- ISBN
- 9781474415941
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Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Paperback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362333
- ISBN
- 9780822362333
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362111
- ISBN
- 9780822362111
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€ 114.02
€ 114.02
Paperback. This book provides an overall interpretation of Deleuze's philosophy alongside a critical introduction to one of the most important unifying ideas in his work: the construction of new and important philosophies of time. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330. A Critical Introduction and Guide. 216 pages. This book provides an overall interpretation of Deleuze's philosophy alongside a critical introduction to one of the most important unifying ideas in his work: the construction of new and important philosophies of time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPJ. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638543
- ISBN
- 9780748638543
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.63
€ 32.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. In this work, the Catholic philosopher Etienne Gilson deals with one of the most important and perplexing metaphysical problems: the relation between our notion of God and demonstrations of his existence. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300092998
- ISBN
- 9780300092998
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.13
€ 16.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694567
- ISBN
- 9780812694567
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.01
€ 36.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474422772
- ISBN
- 9781474422772
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Condition: New
€ 144.38
€ 144.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Bartlett, A. J.; Bartlett, Adam; Clemens, Justin. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474275538
- ISBN
- 9781474275538
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€ 19.99€ 19.04
€ 19.99
€ 19.04
Paperback. An examination, interpretation and critical engagement with Hegel's philosophy of religion, and with his concept of God in particular. William Desmond explores the distinctive stresses of Hegel's approach to God, the influence it has exerted, and the fundamental problems that his approach exhibits. Series Editor(s): Antognazza, Dr Maria Rosa; Steel, Professor Carlos; Cross, Revd Richard; Desmond, Professor William. Series: Ashgate Studies in the History of Philosophical Theology. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754605652
- ISBN
- 9780754605652
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€ 51.99€ 51.68
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Paperback. Contains some of Heidegger's most crucial statements about temporality, ontological difference and dialectic, and being and time in Hegel. This title is suitable for students of Heidegger and Hegel and of contemporary Continental philosophy. Translator(s): Emad, Parvis; Maly, Kenneth. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209108
- ISBN
- 9780253209108
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€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Hardback. Martin Heidegger is among the most important philosophers of the Twentieth Century. Within the continental tradition, almost every great figure has been deeply influenced by his work. For this reason, a full understanding of the course of modern philosophy is impossible without at least a basic grasp of Heidegger. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664910
- ISBN
- 9780745664910
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Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Paperback. The purpose of the present study is to undertake a confrontation of the thought of Martin Heidegger and of Thomas Aquinas on the question of Being and the problem of metaphysics. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823210985
- ISBN
- 9780823210985
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€ 45.99€ 40.17
€ 45.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Attempts to distinguish the center from the periphery and the essential from the incidental in Heidegger's philosophy. This book discusses the relationship between Heidegger's life and thought - in particular the connections between his philosophy and his involvement with Nazism. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780691001197
- ISBN
- 9780691001197
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Condition: New
€ 74.80€ 57.26
€ 74.80
€ 57.26