In defence of philosophy
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Subtitled: in defence of philosophy against positivism and pragmatism" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"this book is a combination of two earlier books, "science versus idealism" and "in defence of philosophy"from the foreword by maurice cornforthbound in faded black cloth boards with sun faded spine and some bumping and scratching to coveroxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketi have made very extensive changes in what i had written before"internally clean and unmarkedprevious owner's name stamped on fepedges are grubby and some of the page corners are creased
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Oxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many yearsit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallythe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matter10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonsthe entire set is in pristine, unread condition
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousness
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Strongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workin the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitya preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsin contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area
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Title: the consolations of philosophytitle: the consolations of philosophycondition: goodbinding: paperbacklist price (msrp): 9authors: alain de bottonproduct category: books
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Ambitious and controversial, the immaterial self is the most powerful and effective defence of cartesian dualism since descartes' ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein doing so he is in radical conflict with the current philosophical establishment john foster's new book exposes the inadequacies of the dominant materialist and reductionist accounts of the mindit holds that there exists two very different realms, one mental and the other physicalthis book examines and defends the most famous dualist account of the mind, the cartesian, which attributes the immaterial contents of the mind to an immaterial selfoxfam bookshop preston dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brainboth are fundamental and one cannot be reduced to the other - there are minds and there is a physical world
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Please note that due to the weight of this item, an additional postage charge of £9the corners of the hard covers are bumped, but the books are otherwise in excellent condition, with clean, white pages throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston a compact yet unabridged version of the original 8-volume encyclopedia of philosophy, presented in four hardcover volumes, bound in navy blue cloth
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defence of our skies sovereign set comprising of a whole, half and quarter sovereign with certificate of authenticity read more
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The defence of the realmthis is a thick hardbackthis is a really good interesting readgreat condition and nice and cleanthe authorised history of mi5 by christopher andrewgreat for those winter evenings by the fire
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For more than years, the consolation of philosophy was the most popular book in europe next to the bible – a work of learning and beauty that bridged the classical and renaissance worldsthis beautifully illustrated folio edition in near mint condition comes complete with slip case
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Title: dad's army: the defence of a front line english villagecondition: goodauthor(s): paul ableman, jimmy perry, david croft
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defence of our skies colour double sovereign 22 carrot gold 16 grams limited to just 399 coins diameter 320mm boxed with coa read more
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Paperback copy of 'the consolation of philosophy' by alain de bottonvery good condition
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Redemption in poetry and philosophy wordsworth, kant, and the making of the post-christian imaginati by simon haines (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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He demolishes the wilder claims of postmodern historians who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of history, and explains the political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way people live their livessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat a time of deep scepticism about people's ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, richard evans shows readers why history is both possible and necessaryoxfam shop dumfries this volume combines argument about the nature of history with case studies of how good history is written and researchedrichard evans is the author of "death in hamburg" (winner of the wolfson literary award for history) and "rituals of retribution"
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Westcott and hort's new textual theory; to which is added a reply to bishop ellicott's pamphlet in defence of the revisethe new greek textundated, but there is a date of in inside coverdean burgon defends the traditional text of the new testamentremains of previous owner's label in inside coveroxfam books & music wells this copy is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethree articles reprinted from the 'quarterly review': ithe new english versiona good, tidy copythe inside pages are all good and clean, with a few pencil highlights
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Im their place, he developed a pragmatic and realist approach to the ethics of force which eschews absolute rules and instead evaluates consequentially the use of force in defence of the liberal-democratic statethis work assesses niebuhr's ethical approach to waroxfam bookshop aberystwyth reinhold niebuhr was vociferously opposed to nazism and to isolationism as an american response to that threat, he rejected pacifism and the legalism of the just war traditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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