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by Kenneth Pedersen  Synopsis At the leading edges of science and religion there are many today saying that the two are not only complementary but lead to the same truth. Written in an accessible style, this book explores the beauty and the purpose of the design of the patterns of... (read more)  List Price $18.95 Your price $3.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Laura Waddell Ekstrom Publisher Comments In this comprehensive new study of human free agency, Laura Waddell Ekstrom critically surveys contemporary philosophical literature and provides a novel account of the conditions for free action. Ekstrom argues that incompatibilism concerning free will... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price $28.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Arthur C. Danto Publisher Comments Mr. Danto argues that recent developments in the artworld, in particular the production of works of art that cannot be told from ordinary things, make urgent the need for a new theory of art and make plain the factors such a theory can and cannot involve.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by George Berkeley Publisher Comments First published in 1713, this work was designed as a vivid and persuasive presentation of the remarkable picture of reality that Berkeley had first presented two years earlier in his Principles. His central claim there, as here, was that the world is not... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by D.m. Armstrong Publisher Comments The relation of mind to body has been argued about by philosophers for centuries. The Mind-Body Problem: An Opinionated Introduction presents the problem as a debate between materialists about the mind and their opponents. After examining the views of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $27.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert M. Johnson Publisher Comments No matter how good an idea sounds, if it's logically invalid it won't hold up. A LOGIC BOOK: FUNDAMENTALS OF REASONING takes you inside the world of debate and shows you how to flawlessly structure your arguments. And because A LOGIC BOOK: FUNDAMENTALS... (read more) List Price $98.45 Your price $79.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by E J Lowe Publisher Comments In this innovative study E.J. Lowe demonstrates the inadequacy of physicalism, even in its mildest, nonreductionist guises, as a basis for a scientifically and philosophically acceptable account of human beings as subjects of experience, thought and... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your price $40.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jacques Derrida Publisher Comments In the English-speaking world, Jacques Derrida’s writings have most influenced the discipline of literary studies. Yet what has emerged since the initial phase of Derrida’s influence on the study of English literature, classed under the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Donald Palmer Publisher Comments "Does the Center Hold?" is an entertaining, topically-organized introductory text with more than 500 original illustrations. The ideas and issues typically covered in introductory courses are presented here in a remarkably accessible and enjoyable manner.... (read more) List Price $49.25 Your price $33.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Brian Mcguinness Publisher Comments "Approaches to Wittgenstein brings together for the first time the many varied aspects of Wittgenstein's life, philosophy and aesthetic attitudes. It draws from many of his unpublished manuscripts to illuminate his work.... (read more) Your price $119.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Beate Rossler Publisher Comments " This diverse and wide-ranging collection, edited by Beate Rossler, interrogates the notion of privacy from various perspectives-- e.g., law, feminist theory and literary theory-- while drawing simultaneously on the intellectual traditions of Habermas... (read more) Your price $64.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jacques Derrida Publisher Comments This is the only available collection of Jacques Derrida's contributions to philosophy, presented with a comprehensive introduction. From "Speech and Phenomena" to the highly influential "Signature Event Context," each excerpt includes an overview and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michaelis Michael Publisher Comments Increasingly, the mind is being treated as a fit subject for scientific inquiry. As cognitive science and empirical psychology strive to uncover the mind's secrets, it is fitting to inquire as to what distinctive role is left for philosophy in the study... (read more) Your price $208.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen K White Publisher Comments Edmund Burke: Modernity, Politics, and Aesthetics examines the philosophy of Burke in view of its contribution to our understanding of modernity. Stephen K. White argues that Burke shows us how modernity engenders an implicit forgetfulness of human... (read more) Your price $94.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Joel Feinberg Publisher Comments REASON AND RESPONSIBILITY: READINGS IN SOME BASIC PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY has a well-earned reputation for excellence, with a proven selection of high-quality readings that cover centuries of thought and wisdom and include all major issues in metaphysics,... (read more) List Price $101.95 Your price $65.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Vincent Ruggiero Publisher Comments This concise, accessible text emphasizes doing ethical analysis and thinking critically about ethical issues, rather than focusing on ethical theory or the history of ethics. Ruggiero's readers are invited to apply ethical principles to issues that... (read more) List Price $44.10 Your price $36.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Louis P. Pojman Publisher Comments While many anthologies cover ancient and modern classics, Political Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings is the only anthology to cover both modern classics and contemporary works. The issues covered are what seem the burning philosophical... (read more) List Price $83.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Arthur Koestler Publisher Comments This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but evidence indicates that the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gene Burns Publisher Comments Why have legislative initiatives occurred on such controversial issues as contraception and abortion at times when activist movements had demobilized and the public seemed indifferent? Why have abortion and contraception sometimes been framed as matters... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price $29.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Adam Smith Publisher Comments The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith's first and in his own mind most important work, outlines his view of proper conduct and the institutions and sentiments that make men virtuous. Here he develops his doctrine of the impartial spectator, whose... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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