Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Paperback. Marina Warner's study of the products of fantasy deepens our understanding of the supernatural in relation to self and society. This surprising story explores the metaphors and media that have been the stock in trade of poets, scientists, magicians, and visionaries, including wax and cloud, smoke and mirrors, ether, ectoplasm, and celluloid. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp color plates, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HPJ; HRQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239238
- ISBN
- 9780199239238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.78
€ 56.78
Phenomenology or Deconstruction? challenges traditional understandings of the relationship between phenomenology and deconstruction through new readings of the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Paul RicA"ur and Jean-Luc Nancy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637591
- ISBN
- 9780748637591
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Condition: New
€ 162.01
€ 162.01
Paperback. Contains papers from a conference on realism and relativism. This title includes fifteen substantial papers by leading figures, who have contributed papers representative of their work. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233848
- ISBN
- 9780631233848
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Condition: New
€ 49.10
€ 49.10
Paperback. Philosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research. Editor(s): Hawthorne, John; Turner, Jason. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 300 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118330852
- ISBN
- 9781118330852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.21
€ 60.21
Paperback. This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199992928
- ISBN
- 9780199992928
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.93
€ 45.99
€ 45.93
Paperback. The first major study of the philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), not only a friend and student of Wittgenstein's but also in her own right one of the most important philosophers of recent times.Teichmann presents a unified overview of her substantial oeuvre, in particular bringing out the interconnections among her ideas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199603350
- ISBN
- 9780199603350
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Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Paperback. A compact discussion of being, truth, and reality by Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), the founder of German existentialism. Translator(s): Grabau, Richard F. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812210101
- ISBN
- 9780812210101
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Paris, Vaclav. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024631318
- ISBN
- 9788024631318
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.40
€ 17.99
€ 15.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651590
- ISBN
- 9780745651590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Hardback. This book joins the growing philosophical literature on vegetable life to ask what changes in our present humanities debates about biopower and Animal Studies if we take plants as a linchpin for thinking about biopolitics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804795715
- ISBN
- 9780804795715
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Condition: New
€ 111.27
€ 111.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138809772
- ISBN
- 9781138809772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
hardcover. 'There is no alternative to postmetaphysical thinking': this statement, made by Jurgen Habermas in 1988, is still valid today. Translator(s): Cronin, Ciaran. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682143
- ISBN
- 9780745682143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Paperback. 'There is no alternative to postmetaphysical thinking': this statement, made by Jurgen Habermas in 1988, is still valid today. Translator(s): Cronin, Ciaran. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682150
- ISBN
- 9780745682150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614120
- ISBN
- 9780745614120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Paperback. Hilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193432
- ISBN
- 9780631193432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474880
- ISBN
- 9780801474880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.17
€ 45.99
€ 40.17
Hardcover. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 261 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 261
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227617
- ISBN
- 9780821406885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652573
- ISBN
- 9780745652573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.48
€ 22.48
Hardback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652566
- ISBN
- 9780745652566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. Offers a theory that grounds philosophical difficulty in the natural structure of the human mind. The book contains metaphilosophical discussions of reason and truth, as well as treatments of central topics in philosophy - consciousness, the self, meaning, free will, the a priori and knowledge. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557864758
- ISBN
- 9781557864758
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.26
€ 44.99
€ 44.26
hardcover. This volume provides a clear, rigorous translation of one of the most important works of Platonic philosophy from late antiquity. Series: Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521846585
- ISBN
- 9780521846585
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Condition: New
€ 185.57€ 176.71
€ 185.57
€ 176.71
Paperback. An English translation of a major work by the great Neoplatonist philosopher, whose commentary greatly influenced later medieval and Renaissance thought. It comprises a full account of Proclus's own metaphysical system, disguised in the form of commentary. Translator(s): Morrow, Glenn R.; Dillon, John M. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020891
- ISBN
- 9780691020891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.03€ 65.49
€ 86.03
€ 65.49
paperback. This book develops a new political economy, enabling us to see, understand and advocate a diverse economy beyond capitalism and socialism. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHB; KCA; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316509388
- ISBN
- 9781316509388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.17
€ 43.99
€ 39.17