Physics & ontology
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Physics & ontology
Hardback. A collection of the influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being - from Spinoza's doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell's "logical atomism" and from the Buddha's account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz's one of causally independent "monads". Editor(s): Cooper, David E. Series: Philosophy: The Classic Readings. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DQ; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213246
- ISBN
- 9780631213246
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€ 116.72
€ 116.72
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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€ 27.03
€ 27.03
Hardback. Covers perennial philosophical problems such as the connection between mind and body; life after death; the role of reason; free will and determinism; the relationship between the individual and society; and the problem of relativism. This book is suitable for those interested in the theories that have affected the course of human history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214052
- ISBN
- 9780631214052
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Condition: New
€ 137.27
€ 137.27
Paperback. Covers perennial philosophical problems such as the connection between mind and body; life after death; the role of reason; free will and determinism; the relationship between the individual and society; and the problem of relativism. This book is suitable for those interested in the theories that have affected the course of human history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214069
- ISBN
- 9780631214069
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€ 36.99€ 36.94
€ 36.99
€ 36.94
Paperback. * Outstanding contributors including both long--established and younger writers * Specially--commissioned essays* Wide ranging discussions stemming from the work of David Wiggins and his contribution to philosophy* Contains Wigginsa replies to each of the papers thus offering a guide to his present thinking. . Editor(s): Lovibond, Sabina; Williams, S. G. Series: Aristotelian Society Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220688
- ISBN
- 9780631220688
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€ 50.41
€ 50.41
Hardback. This guide is an introduction to the core areas of metaphysics. It brings together sixteen internationally respected philosophers who examine topics including causation, temporality, ontology, personal identity, idealism, and realism. Editor(s): Gale, Richard M. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221203
- ISBN
- 9780631221203
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€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Paperback. This work presents a siginificant contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. Original essays cover topics including: the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death; and normative appraisals of death. Editor(s): French, Peter A.; Wettstein, Howard K. Series: Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume XXIV
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221517
- ISBN
- 9780631221517
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€ 56.28
€ 56.28
Hardback. This work is a defence of modal realism, that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that we are only one of many races. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224969
- ISBN
- 9780631224969
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€ 130.02
€ 130.02
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.
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- 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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€ 49.10
€ 49.10
Paperback. Explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. This text includes discussion of central differences from, and similarities with the scholastics and how these discriminations affected Descartes's defence of body. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009684
- ISBN
- 9780674009684
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€ 44.99€ 36.63
€ 44.99
€ 36.63
Hardback. Some philosophers regard relativism as neither true nor false but simply incoherent. The author demonstrates that the way to defend relativism is not by establishing its truth but by clarifying its content. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725713
- ISBN
- 9780674725713
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€ 50.58€ 46.33
€ 50.58
€ 46.33
Paperback. Argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world, and for a correspondence notion of truth. Furthermore, he argues that, contrary to received opinion, the metaphysical question of realism is distinct from, and prior to, any semantic question about truth. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011875
- ISBN
- 9780691011875
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€ 77.93
€ 77.93
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020891
- ISBN
- 9780691020891
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€ 86.31€ 65.49
€ 86.31
€ 65.49
Paperback. Approaches the question about dream and reality by seeking to identify its subject matter: what is it that would be the dream if "this" were a dream? Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128597
- ISBN
- 9780691128597
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€ 55.24€ 43.04
€ 55.24
€ 43.04
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135311
- ISBN
- 9780691135311
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€ 51.99€ 36.45
€ 51.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147178
- ISBN
- 9780691147178
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€ 51.78€ 40.61
€ 51.78
€ 40.61
Paperback. What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? This title presents a history of eternity in Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBL; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152509
- ISBN
- 9780691152509
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€ 26.99€ 19.73
€ 26.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. .
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- 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
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€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Hardback. * This book offers an important and original contribution to feminist theory* It is wide--ranging, covering a number of key figures from both the continental and analytic tradition* The author is well--known and respected in this field. . Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615547
- ISBN
- 9780745615547
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€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. In this engaging book, Gianni Vattimo explores the theme of faith and religion which underlies much of his work. Num Pages: 104 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619552
- ISBN
- 9780745619552
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€ 20.60
€ 20.60
Hardback. Makes Adornoa s lectures on metaphysics available for the first time to English--speaking readersExamines the history of metaphysics from modern to classical timesAn ideal introduction to the central preoccupations of Adornoa s difficult masterpiece, Negative Dialectics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622750
- ISBN
- 9780745622750
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€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Hardback. For centuries people have debated the nature of the human self. Running beneath these various arguments lie three certainties -- we are born, reproduce sexually, and die. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622781
- ISBN
- 9780745622781
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€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Hardcover. Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of Strasbourg in 1953-54. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660547
- ISBN
- 9780745660547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback. Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of Strasbourg in 1953-54. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660554
- ISBN
- 9780745660554
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Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10