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Physics & ontology

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

€ 29.10

Hardcover. Julius Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512. A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul. 248 pages. Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution. It presents a powerful critcism of the idols, structures, theories and illusions of our modern age. It reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight: 512.
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892811250
ISBN
9780892811250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.59

paperback. Baggini succinctly breaks down six answers people commonly suggest when considering what life is all about--helping others, serving humanity, being happy, becoming successful, enjoying each day as if it were the last, and freeing one's mind. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195315790
ISBN
9780195315790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.15

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514058
ISBN
9780742514058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.47

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514041
ISBN
9780742514041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.30

Paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096995
ISBN
9780226096995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823213658
ISBN
9780823213658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Center for Thomistic Studies
Edition
Reprint edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268009168
ISBN
9780268009168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268006174
ISBN
9780268006174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hierophant Publishing United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938289217
ISBN
9781938289217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.88

hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198796572
ISBN
9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.06

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.97

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.33

hardcover. De Universalibus Volume II: On Universals Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435. Volume II only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033365
ISBN
9780198246817
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JH; HPJ; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645056
ISBN
9780691645056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.02

hardcover. John T. Roberts presents and defends a radical new theory of laws of nature. His Measurability Account affirms that there is an important sense in which laws govern the universe, rather than simply describing it economically. He argues that what is essential to laws is that they guarantee the reliability of methods of measuring natural quantities. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000620
ISBN
9780199557707
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022899
ISBN
9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.39

Paperback. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023131
ISBN
9780253023131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.97

Paperback. The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444336429
ISBN
9781444336429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
71
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204607
ISBN
9780872204607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. This introductory study looks at Bergson's use of philosophical form itself and aims to dispel the view that Bergson ever stuck to one type of philosophy at all, be it vitalism or phenomenology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609574
ISBN
9780748609574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.74

paperback. Unfolds a history of Western metaphysics that is also a history of the legitimation of oppression. This book brings to light the unperceived challenge, by tracing the history of the inscription of domination into the very nature of being as it is conceived by Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213167
ISBN
9780253213167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral, issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death is a bad thing. Editor(s): Fischer, John Martin. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721042
ISBN
9780804721042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Paperback. Series: Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLC1; HPCB; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035303
ISBN
9780268035303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

Paperback. Offers a study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world. This title traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: Why is anything here - or anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? Editor(s): Leslie, John; Kuhn, Robert Lawrence. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673553
ISBN
9780470673553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.62

Paperback. Universes discusses the alleged evidence of fine tuning; mechanisms by which a varied set of Universes might be generated, and whether belief in God could be preferable to accepting universes in vast numbers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415139557
ISBN
9780415139557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.92

Paperback. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell uses conceptual puzzles and paradoxes as a window into fundamental concepts of mathematics and physics.

Num Pages: 170 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813025
ISBN
9781554813025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.30

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

€ 57.67

Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely across the fields of metaphysics, epistemlogy, philosophy of mind and action, and theory of value with most linking analytical and Aristotelian-Thomistic ideas and some focusing on Aquinas in particular. Editor(s): Haldane, John. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034672
ISBN
9780268034672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Paperback. A collection of essays that deals with Thomas Aquinas's metaphysical thought. The volume begins with a presentation and critical evaluation of 20th-century attempts to describe his philosophical thought, and goes on to explain the interrelationship between philosophy and the sciences. Series: Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 293 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Catholic University America Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208398
ISBN
9780813208398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813209654
ISBN
9780813209654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.09

Hardback. This work critically but sympathetically examines Schopenhauer's main work "The World as Will and Representation", demonstrating that the philosophical system it puts forth does constitute a consistent whole. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520087705
ISBN
9780520087705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.79

Paperback. Covers topics such as Concerning Metaphysics, Man's Knowledge of God, The Existence of God, The Unicity of God, Concerning Human Knowledge, and The Spirituality and Immortality of the Human Soul. Translator(s): Wolter, Allan B. Num Pages: 395 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872200180
ISBN
9780872200180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.85

Paperback. This standard work in thanatology is updated with ten essays new to the second edition, and features a new introduction by Donnelly. The collection addresses certain basic issues inherent in a philosophy of death. Num Pages: 381 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215829
ISBN
9780823215829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. 'An impressive synthesis of semiotics and anthropology which puts human experience in a new light. Deely gives us the foundation for a new paradigm for anthropology.' -Nathan Houser, Peirce Edition Project Series: Sources in Semiotics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847678044
ISBN
9780847678044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. This is an updated edition of John Cottingham's acclaimed translation of Descartes's philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of Descartes's Objections and Replies. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781107665736
ISBN
9781107665736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.82

Hardback. This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral, issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death is a bad thing. Editor(s): Fischer, John. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720465
ISBN
9780804720465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.26

paperback. This volume in the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series brings together some of the most influential essays on Descartes' philosophy to have appeared in the last 50 years. They cover the full range of Descartes' thought. Editor(s): Cottingham, John. Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 334 pages, notes, table, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780198751823
ISBN
9780198751823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.70
€ 68.91

paperback. Martin Heidegger himself rejected the notion of ethics, while his endorsement of Nazism is widely viewed as unethical. This major new study examines the complex and controversial issues involved in bringing them together. Num Pages: 234 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 385. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025110
ISBN
9780415096508
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99