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The Nature of the Philosophical Enterprise by Edward G. Ballard 9789024702817
$83.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789024702817Author Edward G. BallardFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 232g -
Cinema and Ontology by Maurizio Ferraris 9788869771606
RRP: $30.88$26.76The essays presented in this volume investigate the relationship between cinema and ontology. This investigation unfolds, on the one hand, through an ontological understanding of cinema, that is, an understanding of the specificity of if its being. On... -
Last Conference: A Pragmatist Saga by Arild Pedersen 9788232103225
RRP: $70.33$56.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788232103225Author Arild PedersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Akademica PublishingPublisher Akademica PublishingWeight(grams) 476g -
Evolution 2.0: Implications of Darwinism in Philosophy and the Social and Natural Sciences by Martin Brinkworth 9783642204951
$85.39These essays by leading philosophers and scientists focus on recent ideas at the forefront of modern Darwinism, showcasing and exploring the challenges they raise as well as open problems. This interdisciplinary volume is unique in that it addresses the... -
Contemporanea: A Glossary for the Twenty-First Century by Michael Marder 9780262547628
RRP: $46.31$30.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547628Author Michael MarderFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Rhetoric by Aristotle 9781624667343
RRP: $104.62$83.60This new translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric , noteworthy for its consistency and accuracy, is the latest addition to the New Hackett Aristotle series. Fitting seamlessly with the others in the series, it enables Anglophone readers to read Aristotle's... -
Ellipsis and Nonsentential Speech by Reinaldo Elugardo 9781402023002
RRP: $154.36$154.15The papers in this volume address two main topics: Q1: What is the nature, and especially the scope, of ellipsis in natural l- guage? Q2: What are the linguistic/philosophical implications of what one takes the nature/scope of ellipsis to be? As will... -
Language and Other Abstract Objects by Jerrold J. Katz 9780847669127
RRP: $132.08$115.99To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9780847669127Author Jerrold J. KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 251Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman &... -
Desperately Seeking Ethics: A Guide to Media Conduct by Howard Good 9780810846432
RRP: $78.90$71.31Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics. It is no surprise; being ethical is hard work and, could very well put a person in conflict with prevailing trends. Many of the people cited within the 13 essays... -
Ecoscapes: Geographical Patternings of Relations by Gary Backhaus 9780739114490
$191.62This volume's concept, 'ecoscape,' has been formed for the purpose of comprehending the spatial configuration (geography) of an ecosystem. Using this method, the contributors place emphasis not on things, but on the spatial patternings of relations and... -
New Waves in Philosophy of Language by S. Sawyer 9780230224377
$84.03Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic... -
Vermeer and Plato: Painting the Ideal by Robert D. Huerta 9781611482249
$144.05In a study that sweeps from Classical Antiquity to the seventeenth century, Robert D. Huerta explores the common intellectual threads that link the art of Johannes Vermeer to the philosophy of Plato. Examining the work of luminaries such as Plotinus,... -
The Metaphysics of Religion: Lucian Blaga and Contemporary Philosophy by Michael S. Jones 9781611473346
$185.42Lucian Blaga was an early twentieth-century European philosopher whose work was suppressed at the height of his career by the creation of the Romanian Socialist Republic. The thesis of this book is that Blaga's philosophy can make valuable contributions... -
The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility by Elliott M. Simon 9781611473483
$193.13The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement. It is a poignant reflection of idealized aspirations and actual limitations of the human condition. It is also a prominent framing text... -
Facing Death: Theme and Variations by David F. Martin 9781611482515
$140.98If we do not, at some point in our life, face death—thinking hard and straight about it— we turn away from our authenticity. If that facing rejects irrational faith, dogmas, mystification, and personal immortality, is there yet a path free of despair?... -
Whitehead, Process Philosophy, and Education by Robert S. Brumbaugh 9780819184849
RRP: $78.90$71.31This present study began as the author's extension and application of ideas from Whitehead's work to the subject of education, using a chapter from Whitehead's book Science and the Modern World and a pamphlet, The Rhythm of Education as the starting... -
Problematizing Religious Freedom by Arvind Sharma 9789048189922
$166.35The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious pluralism, as our modern existence in an electronically shrinking globe comes to be increasingly... -
The Concept of Rights by George W. Rainbolt 9789048170050
$165.60What does it mean to have a right? Previous answers to this question fall into two groups: interest/benefit theories of rights and choice/will theories. This book proposes an alternative to these traditional views: the justified-constraint theory of... -
Reasoning Robots: The Art and Science of Programming Robotic Agents by Michael Thielscher 9789048167838
$85.18The creation of intelligent robots is surely one of the most exciting and ch- lenginggoals of Arti?cial Intelligence. A robot is, ?rst of all, nothing but an inanimate machine with motors and sensors. In order to bring life to it, the machine needs to be... -
The Quest for the Description of the Law by Reidar Edvinsson 9783642089435
$163.86My dissertation for LLD (or JSD) Att beskriva ratten (To Describe Law), which was written under my bachelor surname of Andreasson, was presented for public exa- nation on Nov 4, 2004. Since then the text has been developed in two separate directions. On... -
The Other Machiavelli: Republican Writings by the Author of 'The Prince' by Quentin P. Taylor 9780761810148
$143.36The Other Machiavelli is a unique compendium of the Florentine political thinker's writings on liberty and self-government. The selections, drawn from the Discourses and Machiavelli's other "republican" writings, are conveniently organized on the basis... -
Three Deaths and Enlightenment Thought: Hume, Johnson, Marat by Stephan Miller 9781611481402
$152.11In recent years there has been an extended debate about Enlightenment thought. Though many scholars have concluded that there were several "Enlightenments," some continue to make generalizations about the Englightenment and some speak about "the... -
Poststructuralism and Communication: An Annotated Bibliography by Gerald S. Greenberg 9780810851832
$165.72This is an annotated bibliography of books and scholarly articles that comment upon the relationship between poststructuralist philosophy and communication. The introduction provides an overview and explanation of poststructuralism that is brief but... -
Objections Aux Meditations - Reponses by Rene Descartes 9782711628797
RRP: $22.30$21.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782711628797Author Rene DescartesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Librarie Philosophique J. VrinPublisher Librarie Philosophique J. VrinWeight(grams)... -
Freedom to Believe: Essays and Letters by Olga Sedakova 9781611482928
$189.35Freedom to Believe is a powerful collection of philosophical and religious essays by a modern poet of distinction. It introduces a highly original and controversial thinker to the Western reader. Olga Sedakova's central philosophical thought lies in the... -
Justifying Taxes: Some Elements for a General Theory of Democratic Tax Law by Agustin Jose Menendez 9789048157266
RRP: $308.74$173.85Justifying Taxes offers readers some of the elements of a democratic tax law, considered within its political and philosophical context in order to determine the extent of legitimate tax obligations. The objective is to revisit some of the issues in... -
Philosophical News N.13: Goodness by Elisa Grimi 9788869771170
RRP: $24.87$8.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869771170Author Elisa GrimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International -
The Technological Singularity: Managing the Journey by Victor Callaghan 9783662540312
$129.52This volume contains a selection of authoritative essays exploring the central questions raised by the conjectured technological singularity. In informed yet jargon-free contributions written by active research scientists, philosophers and... -
Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit: Meaning and Astonishment by Maria Balaska 9783030169381
RRP: $120.05$108.58This book brings together the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Lacan around their treatments of 'astonishment,' an experience of being struck by something that appears to be extraordinarily significant. Both thinkers have a central interest in the... -
Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: An Analysis of the al-hikmah al-'arshiyyah by Zailan Moris 9780700715022
RRP: $231.57$201.17This book examines and analyses the legitimacy of the widely held claim that Mulla Sadra's philosophy (al-hikmah al-muta'aliyyah) is a synthesis of principles and doctrines drawn from revelation (wahy), gnosis ('irfan/ma'rifah) and discursive philosophy... -
The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 5: January 1794 to December 1797 by Jeremy Bentham 9781911576235
RRP: $77.19$68.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911576235Author Jeremy BenthamFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 830g -
Augustinian-Cartesian Index: Texts & Commentary by Zbigniew Janowski 9781890318109
RRP: $48.03$46.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890318109Author Zbigniew JanowskiFormat HardbackImprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 164g -
Philosophical Conversation, The: The Basics by Kristof Van Rossem 9781803412719
RRP: $27.43$23.71How do you keep your conversations light and playful yet profound? How do you ask the right questions, with the right words, at the right moment? The Philosophical Conversation teaches you the basics of philosophical skills and instructs how to get... -
Philosophy of Communication by Giacomo Turbanti 9783031124624
RRP: $85.75$66.11By comprehensively exploring the theoretical questions raised by professional communication, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of communication. Key Features: Arranged in three parts encompassing the theory of... -
Philosophy of Law in Korea: Acceptance, Engagement and Social Change by Jeong-Oh Kim 9780367741785
RRP: $214.41$185.01When Korea began as a newly independent state in 1948, its economy was very underdeveloped and the rule of law was just established. The journey of democratization in Korea was not without challenges. This book traces the history of the legal philosophy... -
The Philosophical Dictionary by Mario Bunge
RRP: $34.29$33.19This lexicon of modern Western philosophical concepts, problems, principles, and theories may well be the shortest dictionary of philosophy in the English language, but one of the most useful. Organized by internationally recognized philosopher Mario... -
William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design? by Emerson Thomas McMullen
$135.77This book presents several new ideas in the history and philosophy of science. Against the backdrop of the major events of William Harvey's times, the author provides new insights into Harvey's discovery of the blood's circulation. A major theme is how... -
Truth and Knowledge: On Some Themes in Tractarian and Russellian Philosophy of Language by Eric Huang Wefald
$151.22Based on the foundation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus and related writings of Bertrand Russell, Truth and Knowledge explores the basic problems of knowledge through the process of developing a theory of truth, uniquely the author's own. Russell's and... -
Being in the World: A Quotable Maritain Reader by Mario O. D'Souza
RRP: $51.44$44.58The work of the lay Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) continues to provoke and inspire readers to engage in a Thomistic approach to many of the questions facing the world today. Maritain's wide-ranging thought touched on many fields,... -
Greek and Roman Aesthetics by Oleg V. Bychkov
RRP: $128.63$110.98This anthology of philosophical texts by Greek and Roman authors brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on major aesthetic issues such as the perception of beauty and harmony in music and the visual...