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Physics & ontology

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Physics & ontology

Paperback. In this radical reinterpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Walter E. Wehrle demonstrates that developmental theories of Aristotle are based on a faulty assumption: that the fifth chapter of Categories ('substance') is an early theory of metaphysics that Aristotle later abandoned. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681617
ISBN
9780847681617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 354 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; JMR; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560725169
ISBN
9781560725169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.24
€ 89.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Beilby, James K. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487637
ISBN
9780801487637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.72

Hardcover. Collected in this text are the written notes of courses on the concept of nature give by Merleau-Ponty at the College de France in the 1950s. The ideas that animated the philosopher's lectures emerge in an early, fluid form in the process of being elaborated, negotiated, critiqued and reconsidered. Translator(s): Vallier, Robert. Series: Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810114456
ISBN
9780810114456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Hardback. This text offers a resolution of one of the most vexing problems in Nietzsche scholarship: how can an antifoundationalist philosophy avoid vicious relativism and legitimate its claim to provide a platform for the critique of arguments, practices, and institutions? Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215535
ISBN
9780520215535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.33
€ 44.55

Paperback. A step-by-step guide to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296. An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. 240 pages. A step-by-step guide to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight: 296.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638338
ISBN
9780748638338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.78

Hardcover. Peter Wilkin looks in particular at the philosophical basis of Noam Chomsky's social and political thought, especially his ideal about power, knowledge and human nature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669167
ISBN
9780333669167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.43
€ 93.01

Paperback. Argues that 'nobility of spirit' is the quintessence of a civilized world. This book identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own times; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158533
ISBN
9780300158533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Behar, Katherine. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517901097
ISBN
9781517901097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

hardcover. This is an exploration and reassessment of the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relation as a thing of diminished being, this book views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736763
ISBN
9780804736763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.27

Hardback. Translator(s): Valgenti, Robert T. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFP; HPCF7; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166966
ISBN
9780231166966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Book. Raymond Tallis goes in search of the nature and meaning of time and argues with characteristic fearlessness that our temporal lives are ill-served by the mathematized account of time presented by physics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Agenda Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911116219
ISBN
9781911116219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.94

Paperback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741408
ISBN
9780804741408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.27

Hardback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741392
ISBN
9780804741392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.96

Paperback. Launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171259
ISBN
9780300171259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things: why evil occurs; why it often arises out of banal or everyday situations; and what we mean by evil. Using a wide variety of examples, he argues that evil occurs when internal, mental barriers against it break down. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415305198
ISBN
9780415305198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

Paperback. Offers an exploration of Heidegger's work. This book argues that we must see "Being and Time" as a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenology, particularly his theories of intentionality, categorial intuition, and the phenomenological concept of the a priori. Editor(s): Levine, Steven. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415775960
ISBN
9780415775960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.28

Hardback. Presents a case for 'egocentric presentism', a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view. This book maintains that people's experiences give them grounds for believing that they have a special, distinguished place in the world. Num Pages: 136 pages, 24 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135311
ISBN
9780691135311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; CFG; HBJD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000302
ISBN
9780801495113
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224266
ISBN
9780631224266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.58

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