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Physics & ontology

Paperback. What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. This title explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171525
ISBN
9780300171525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

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.
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Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022899
ISBN
9780253022899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.18

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 It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career.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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.75

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87

Paperback. First published more than half a century ago, this book contains Simon's answers to the questions - what is the nature of knowledge? what kind of activity is it to know? and what is involved in the development of human knowledge? Translator(s): Kuic, Vukan. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212637
ISBN
9780823212637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

paperback. This single volume guides provides everything you need to know about Heidegger's Being and Time. Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edinburgh Univ. Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780748627349
ISBN
9780748627349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.75

Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 188 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148306
ISBN
9780231148306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.09
€ 55.64

Hardcover. Externalism, Naturalism, Mathematics, Ontology, Personal Identity, Time and Tense, The Metaphysics of Reference, The Metaphysics of Properties, Conceivability, The Physical, and Theoretical Identity, and Actualism- these are some of the central issues addressed in the essays of this fifteenth volume devoted to metaphysics. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 15
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230281
ISBN
9780631230281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.33

It not only celebrates Cavendish as a true figure of the scientific age but contributes to a broader understanding of the contested nature of the scientific revolution. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894435
ISBN
9780801894435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.66

Paperback. Examines the writings of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), from his early dramas to his later theological works. Wojtyla's primary philosophical interest lies in the field of ethics, but, Schmitz suggests, his interests also lie in an understanding of the nature and destiny of human beings. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HRAB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813207803
ISBN
9780813207803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.44

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

Hardcover. A collection of papers in honor of John F. Wippel. Editor(s): Doolan, Gregory T. Series: Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813218861
ISBN
9780813218861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.02

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219608
ISBN
9780813219608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.97

Hardcover. Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219653
ISBN
9780813219653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 237 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974463
ISBN
9780865974463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Maritain Association United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982711927
ISBN
9780982711927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.66

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

Hardback. Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, David M. Series: Fundamentals of Philosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195744
ISBN
9781405195744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590792209
ISBN
9781590792209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856307301
ISBN
9783856307301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.27
€ 41.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Andersen, Svend; Peacocke, Arthur R. Series: Complementa S. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772881140
ISBN
9788772881140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.21

Paperback. Birgitta Mark's comprehensive study of mysticism and cognition shows how mystical experience covers three aspects of a person's general experience: mystical ideas, mystical states of consciousness and mystical development. John of the Cross is used as a particular example. Editor(s): Wegener, Mogens. Series: Studies in Religion. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPJ; HRCS1; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772888040
ISBN
9788772888040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.23

paperback. Offers a perspective on the place of "realism" in philosophical inquiry. The text contains critical discussions of central concerns of realism philosophers, including "deflationary" conception of truth, internal realist truth, and scientific realism and the theoreticity of observation. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674910874
ISBN
9780674910874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.42

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643274
ISBN
9780691643274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.05

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

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646350
ISBN
9780691646350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739141656
ISBN
9780739141656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.65

Hardback. Empiricism and the Problem of Metaphysics develops and defends an empiricist solution to the problem of metaphysics, then examines the implications of such a solution for skeptical arguments and the is-ought gap. At the heart of the solution is an empirically verifiable empiricist view of the a priori. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739142554
ISBN
9780739142554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.65

Hardback. Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains, multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511682
ISBN
9780742511682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.42

Paperback. Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains, multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511699
ISBN
9780742511699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.84

Hardback. How can there be sensory qualities - all that which gives meaning and value to life - if this world is really more or less as modern science tells us it is? This text proposes that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists - that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512269
ISBN
9780742512269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.41

Hardback. This text is an examination of what it means to say "No". Eva Brann considers the different forms "No" takes, such as a resistance of will or as a preventative measure or warning, and argues that to understand something of imagination, memory and time an inquiry should be made into what "No" means. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512283
ISBN
9780742512283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.71

Paperback. Eleanore Holveck presents Simone de Beauvoir's theory of literature and metaphysics, including its relationship to the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Kant, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, with reference to the literary tradition of Goethe, Maurice Barres, Rimbaud, Andre Breton and Paul Nizan. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPJ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513365
ISBN
9780742513365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

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. 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. Socializing Metaphysics supplies diverse answers to the basic questions of social metaphysics, from a broad array of voices. It will interest all philosophers and social scientists concerned with mind, action, or the foundations of social theory. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514287
ISBN
9780742514287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.51

Paperback. Socializing Metaphysics supplies diverse answers to the basic questions of social metaphysics, from a broad array of voices. It will interest all philosophers and social scientists concerned with mind, action, or the foundations of social theory. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514294
ISBN
9780742514294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.14

Hardback. This textbook introduction offers a new way of approaching metaphysics and epistemology -- via links to ethical and social questions. It asks questions such as: Fundamentally, what are we? And what, if anything, do we know? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 393.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616640
ISBN
9780748616640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.02

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

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

€ 155.19