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Oxfam bookshop preston incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of ludwig wittgenstein's philosophical investigations is the definitive en face german-english version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy the extensively revised english translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to anscombes original translation footnoted remarks in the earlier editions have now been relocated in the text what was previously referred to as part 2 is now republished as philosophy of psychology - a fragment, and all the remarks in it are numbered for ease of reference new detailed editorial endnotes explain decisions of translators and identify references and allusions in wittgenstein's original text now features new essays on the history of the philosophical investigations, and the problems of translating wittgensteins text see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Some minor shelf wear but otherwise good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether they are true, i do not knowhis verdict: the theories contained in this new workare novel, very original and indubitably importantas a logician who like simplicity, i should like to think that they are not, but from what i have read of them i am quite sure that he ought to have the opportunity to work them out, since, when completed, they may easily prove to constitute a whole new philosophyoxfam bookshop preston when in may , the council of trinity college, cambridge, had to decide whether to renew wittgenstein's research grant, it turned to bertrand russell for an assessment of the work wittgenstein had been doing over the past year
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Oxfam bookshop preston this is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodologythe entries in the second part address topics in philosophical methodology, such as intuitions, conceptual analysis, and transcendental argumentsthe first part is devoted to broad traditions and approaches to philosophical methodology (including logical empiricism, phenomenology, and ordinary language philosophy)see oxfam website for delivery information read morea team of thirty-eight of the world's leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is donethe third part of the book is devoted to essays about the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields, including those of mathematics, psychology, literature and film, and neuroscience
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Contents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston originally published in this is the fourth edition, reprinted in
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philosophical perspectives on fashion by giovanni matteucci (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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On being blue: a philosophical inquiry (new york review books) (new york review books (paperback))author:william hwe appreciate the impact a good book can havepublisher:the new york review of books, inc
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Oxfam shop nether edge the philosophical works of francis bacon, baron of verulampublished by routledge () cover faded, scuffed and stained, page edges foxed otherwise clean, binding is ok see oxfam website for delivery information read morerobertson, john m
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This new volume of philosophical papers by bernard williams is divided into three sections: the first action, freedom, responsibility, the second philosophy, evolution and the human sciences; in which appears the essay which gives the collection its title; and the third ethics, which contains essays closely related to his book ethics and the limits of philosophyoxfam shop kendal paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read morealtham and ross harrison, which provides a reappraisal of his work by other distinguished thinkers in the fieldit is published alongside a volume of essays on williams's work, world, mind, and ethics: essays on the ethical philosophy of bernard williams, edited by jcorners of front cover very slightly worn and curled, otherwise like newlike the two earlier volumes of williams's papers published by cambridge university press, problems of the self and moral luck, this volume will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophy
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Avoids the use of philosophical jargonsurveys the conceptual problems inherent in many neuroscientific theoriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprovides conceptual maps for students and researchers in cognitive neuroscience and psychologywritten by a distinguished philosopher and leading neuroscientistencourages neuroscientists to pay more attention to conceptual questionsconstitutes an essential reference work for elucidation of concepts in cognitive neuroscience and psychologycover slightly creased in this provocative survey, a distinguished philosopher and a leading neuroscientist outline the conceptual problems at the heart of cognitive neuroscienceoxfam bookshop preston some highlighting from previous owner, books text is clear however
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more"philosophical papers," first published in , was the first of three volumes of austin's work to be edited by jtogether with "sense and sensibilia" and "how to do things with words" (both first published in and both still available), it has extended austin's influence far beyond the circle who knew him or read the handful of papers he published in journalsaustin on contemporary philosophy was substantial during his lifetime, and has grown greatly since his death, at the height of his powers, inoxfam bookshop preston the influence of j
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Oxfam shop dumfries philosophical fragments was first published inminnesota archive editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original university of minnesota press editionsat a time when the function of criticism is again coming under close skeptical scrutiny, schlegel's unorthodox, highly original mind, as revealed in these foundational "fragments," provides the critical framework for reflecting on contemporary experimental textssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book examines one central philosophical problem- how can we know anything about the world around us? the author holds that scepticism- the view that we can have no such knowledge at all- is the only answer to the problem as traditionally posed  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road nice, clean copy - no inscriptions, old price sticker on the back
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While 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 writingsa 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 inquiryin 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 responsibilityoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timeit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areasee oxfam website for delivery information read morestrongly 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 work 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 wittgenstein
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Nevertheless, the tractatus contains philosophical insights, achieved despite his early preconceptions, that form the foundation of his later philosophymcginn takes as a guiding principle the idea that we should see wittgenstein's early work as an attempt to eschew philosophical theory and to allow language itself to reveal how it functionsmarie mcginn's principal aim in this book is to develop an alternative interpretative line, which rejects the idea, central to the metaphysical reading, that wittgenstein sets out to ground the logic of our language in features of an independently constituted reality, but which allows that he aims to provide positive philosophical insights into how language functionsby this account, the aim of the work is to elucidate what language itself makes clear, namely, what is essential to its capacity to express thoughts that are true or false see oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, the early wittgenstein undertakes this descriptive project in the grip of a set of preconceptions concerning the essence of language that determine both how he conceives the problem and the approach he takes to the task of clarificationoxfam bookshop hampstead elucidating the tractatus: wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and logic discussion of wittgenstein's tractatus is currently dominated by two opposing interpretations of the work: a metaphysical or realist reading and the 'resolute' reading of diamond and conantin very good condition, though there is a faint erased pencil mark on the first endpaper
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Its aim is not to persuade readers to accept one particular philosophical point of view or theory, but to help us consider the wonderful range of insights which can be drawn from an immeasurably rich history of philosophical thoughta life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to deal with real personal dilemmasgrayling's 'the last word' column in the guardiansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the ukthis book is an accessible, lively and thought-provoking series of linked commentaries, based on athinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and upliftingthis will be a wonderfully stimulating read and act as an invaluable guide as to what is truly important in living life, whether facing success, failure, justice, wrong, love, loss or any of the other profound experience life throws outconcepts covered include courage, love, betrayal, ambition, cruelty, wisdom, passion, beauty and death
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Bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, the world's most distinguished teacher of indian religious and philosophical thoughtoxfam shop macclesfield srimad-bhagavatam, an epic philosophical and literary classic, holds a prominent position in india's voluminous written wisdomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe timeless wisdom of india is expressed in the vedas, ancient sanskrit texts that touches upon all fields of human knowledgeoriginally preserved through oral tradition, the vedas were first put into writing by srila vyasadeva, the "literary incarnation of godhis sanskrit scholarship and intimate familiarity with vedic culture combine to reveal to the west a magnificent exposition of this important classicthis work is the product of the scholarly and devotional effort of his divine grace athis edition of bhagavatam is the only complete english translation with an elaborate and scholarly commentary, and it is the first edition widely available to the english-reading publicknown as "the ripened fruit of the tree of vedic literature," srimad-bhagavatam is the most complete and authoritative exposition of vedic knowledge" after compiling the vedas, srila vyasadeva was inspired by his spiritual master to present their profound essence in the form of srimad-bhagavatam
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It contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical changeit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself editshull takes an unusual approach to his subject"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedmoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encounteredoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donethe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being acceptedbowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding was"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successful"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read more"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madehe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideasbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencei share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativism
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Het rijmende paard, book block as new, unread, perhaps even unopened (photo) cover fresh, the only flaw is a removed name in the upper right (see photo) otherwise no remarksdutch two-colour series, all first edition de texas-rakkers, light wear at bottom of spine, some titles indicated on the back first title page light traces of a removed name de sprietatoom, slight discolouration on front, see photo otherwise no remarksshipping via track&traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese albums originate from my personal collection and have been carefully preserved; they are difficult to find in this conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the original self-help book: bestselling the prophet takes the reader on an unparalleled spiritual and philosophical journeythe time has come for the revered prophet to leave orphalesebefore he departs, people gather around him and ask him to speak his wisdom'book of a lifetime, i have loved many books over the years, but the one i would never be parted from and read again and again is the prophet by kahlil gibran' independent see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book was an instant bestseller on publication in and since then has been translated into more than 50 languagesdivided into twenty-eight chapters covering sprawling topics such as love, marriage, children and friendship, the prophet forms a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual and inspirational
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford avicenna is the author of a gigantic philosophical encyclopedia entitled al-sifa, of many other philosophical works, authentic manuals beside the peripatetic systematization of his great encyclopedias and of the avicenian manuals, in the writings collected here the other face of the great thinker appears irani: the search for a sense of man's destiny, what is the fundamental condition of the human being, where we come from and where we are going, that there is beyond the strictly rational discoursesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreavicenna leaves to the reader's perspicacity the last and personal sense of what he has narrated in an esoteric wayas the explanation is not simple or accessible to all and can be conflicting, avicenna has chosen the esoteric style and has sought symbolic and visionary stories, such as those related by the wise old man hayy byaqzan or tayr, the bird of the spiritas unamuno would later say, the important thing is not to die completely, without which human destiny would be meaningless
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich  explores philosophical issues and is written specifically for the general readerthis book opens with a philosophical question relating to moral judgements and proceeds to explore it, while raising new questions with frequent reference to major philosopherssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston this major new study by one of the most penetrating and persistent critics of philosophical and scientific orthodoxy, returns to aristotle in order to examine the salient categories in terms of which we think about ourselves and our nature, and the distinctive forms of explanation we invoke to render ourselves intelligible to ourselves* the culmination of 40 years of thought on the philosophy of mind and the nature of the mankind * written by one of the world's leading philosophers, the co-author of the monumental 4 volume analytical commentary on the philosophical investigations (blackwell publishing, ) * uses broad categories, such as substance, causation, agency and power to examine how we think about ourselves and our nature * platonic and aristotelian conceptions of human nature are sketched and contrasted * individual chapters clarify and provide an historical overview of a specific concept, then link the concept to ideas contained in other chapters see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Emphasizing in particular the influence of banville's major irish modernist precursor, samuel beckett, this book places the local elements of his writing alongside his wide-ranging literary and philosophical interestsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover this study explores the fiction of john banville within a variety of cultural, political, ethical and philosophical contextsthrough thematic readings of the novels, eoghan smith examines the complexity of banville's view of the artwork and explores the novelist's attraction and resistance to forms of authenticity, whether aesthetic, existential or ideologicalhighlighting the evolving nature of banville's engagement with varieties of authenticity, it explores the art of failure and the failure of art, the power and politics of the contemporary imagination, and the ways in which this important contemporary writer continues to redefine the boundaries of irish fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this, it reflects the range of strawson's own philosophical interests and achievementsthe collection ranges from kant interpretation and the history of analytic philosophy through philosophical logic, metaphysics, and epistemology to the philosophy of mind and aestheticsamong the contributors are leading kant scholars, metaphysicians and historians of analytic philosophysome (westphal, rosefeldt, de gaynesford, allison, förster) are devoted to more specific topics in kantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey include the question of whether philosophy can achieve a priori insights and whether these insights concern reality or our way of thinking about reality, the nature of the self, the character of aesthetic appreciation and of perception, and the prospects for meeting the challenge of scepticismit also inaugurated a distinctly kantian project - descriptive metaphysics - and placed the idea of transcendental arguments at the centre of epistemological, metaphysical, and methodological debatewhile there have been anthologies on strawson and on transcendental arguments, this is the first book to cover strawson's relation to kant as a wholethis was followed by the bounds of sense, a brilliant and provocative discussion of the first critique which continues to influence kant scholarship by way of inspiration and opposition alikehis seminal individuals rehabilitated metaphysics as a respectable enterprise within analytic philosophythe questions discussed are of central importance not just to kant scholarship but also to contemporary analytic philosophythe papers divide into three kindssome of them (strawson, glock, hacker, bird, cassam, stroud) deal with general questions concerning the nature of strawson's kantianism and of his rehabilitation of metaphysicsin others, (grundmann and misselhorn, stern, hyman), the focus is more on strawson than on kantoxfam bookshop preston sir peter strawson is not just among the greatest living philosophers, but also the leading proponent of analytic kantianismit combines strawson's own account of that relation with papers by eminent pupils, admirers and critics
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The arguments make novel use of machinery from other areas of philosophical inquiry, including first-person epistemology and the free will debateit examines a variety of settings, including economic theory, quantum mechanics and philosophical thought-experiments, where causal knowledge seems to make a practical differencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also illustrates the applicability of decision theory itself to questions about the direction of time and the special epistemic status of agentsoxfam bookshop preston most philosophers agree that causal knowledge is essential to decision-making: agents should choose from the available options those that probably cause the outcomes that they wantthis book argues against this theory and in favour of evidential or bayesian decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal role
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Please have a look on the remarks on albums gato barbieri, sonny rollins, lamont dozier, lou reed the shipment will be done in a strong reinforced package for more security: weight around 5 kgrelease years have been estimatedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiif tea break over back on your eads booker-t evergreen the best of booker-t and the mg's weather report black market sonny rollins the way i feel remark transversal scratch please see pictures gato barbieri tropico (us release importred) remark very slight transversal scratch please see picture between the two white threads it is hard to find joe jackson body and soul lamont dozier going back to my roots remark: a scratch before the beginning of the fisrt track lou reed remarks: one spot on the jacket, slight transversal scratch the lps have been all kept in a very good conditionlot of 9 albums 70s-80s with betters and 'to-know' ones: 9 vinyl lp recordsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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His work on the origins and development of the two great creations of the philosophical genius - the 'tractatus' and 'philosophical investigations' - will be of abiding interest to scholars and students who seek to understand the thinking of one of the most fertile and original minds in the history of philosophyvon wright, a pupil and personal friend of ludwig wiggenstein and now one of the trustees of his literary estate, has here collected eight studies of wittgenstein's life and writingsavoiding interpretation, professor von wright concentrates on providing source material which will be of permanent value to anyone studying wittgensteinoxfam bookshop glossop road shelf wear and creasing to cover, otherwise very good condition gsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe studies record the reliable facts of wittgenstein's life, and retrieve all the information which is still available relating to the chronology and composition of his writings
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In the work we find a series of philosophical, religious and even legal dissertations, as pope benedict xiv throughout his pontificate was the author of many religious philosophical works, to try to combat the phenomenon of atheism increasingly rooted within the society of the timethe work is divided as follows: ppcondition: books in good overall condition, without any particular flaws, only the top margin of the first volume is trimmed, some slight browning and signs of useare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful edition of "de synodo" written by pope benedict xiv (born prospero lambertini) published in ferrara in the remondiniana printing house inxx, read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this beloved illustrated classic tells the tale of archy, a philosophical cockroach, and mehitabel, a cat in her ninth lifemarquis's satirical free-verse poems, which first appeared in his new york newspaper columns in , revolve around the escapades of archy, a philosophical cockroach who was a poet in a previous life, and mehitabel, a streetwise alley cat who was once cleopatrafirst published in , archy and mehitabel has become a celebrated part of the twentieth-century american literary canonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morereincarnated as the lowest creatures on the social scale, they prowl the rowdy streets of new york city in between the world wars, and archy records their experiences and observations on the boss's typewriter late at night generations of readers have delighted in the work of the great american humorist don marquis
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During the golden age of ancient indian civilization, dharmakirti articulated and defended buddhist philosophical principlesthe book has wear to the dust jacket edges, a slight lean to the binding, and a slightly sunned spineblack cloth boards have light edge rubbingthis work presents a detailed picture of this buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideassee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are all clean and goodthe page edges are lightly spottedits perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideashe did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century ce) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in india and tibetoxfam bookshop kingsbridge dreyfus examines the central ideas of dharmakirti, one of the most important indian buddhist philosophers, and their reception among tibetan thinkers
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