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Augustine and the Disciplines | |||
| From Cassiciacum to Confessions | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Karla Pollmann; Mark Vessey (Edited by) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2007 258 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0199230048 | ||||
| Published Price £21.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Augustine (354-430) is widely regarded as one of the founders of the Bible-centred Christian culture of medieval Europe, and as the promulgator of the canon of Liberal Arts that was to shape educational curricula for centuries. These nine essays question Augustine's historical significance as a disciplinary thinker, concentrating on the period in his intellectual development between De Ordine and the Confessiones and examining the relationship of Augustine's educational theories to other initiatives in Christian education in late antiquity. | ||||
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An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Henry R West | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2004 220 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0521535417 | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| For undergraduates assigned to read Utilitarianism, this is an up-to-date and user-friendly introduction that serves as both commentary to and interpretation of the text, and also defends Mill against his critics. Professor West begins by tracing Mill's life and philosophical background and his criticism of alternative theories. Further chapters address aspects of Mill's utilitarianism including the theory of qualitative hedonism and the 'proof' of the principle of utility. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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The Classification of Visual Art | |||
| A Philosophical Myth and Its History | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Tiffany Sutton | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2000 188 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0521772362 | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Bridging the disciplines of philosophy and art history, this book engages with the long-standing debate about what it is that bestows the designation 'art' on an object. Among the current theories and concerns that are discussed are juxtapositionality in art history, readymades; the role of patronage in the contemporary visual arts; how a theory of art can be extended to account for other art forms, including mixed media; and conceptual art. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Leibniz's 'New System' | |||
| and Associated Contemporary Texts | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| R S Woolhouse; Richard Francks (Trans.; Ed.) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 265 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0198248458 | ||||
| Published Price £24.00 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Leibniz's essay, the 'New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication' (1695), introduced to European readers the metaphysical ideas which Leibniz had begun to explore a decade earlier. He was drawn into discussion and development of his increasingly famous 'system' with a variety of thinkers. The key texts of this debate are presented here: Leibniz' original essay and his correspondence with Simon Foucher, Henri Basnage, Pierre Bayle, Francois Lamy, Isaac Jaquelot, Damaris Masham, Pierre Desmaizeau and Rene Joseph de Tournemine. | ||||
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Reading Bayle | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Thomas M Lennon | ||||
| Toronto UP 1999 202 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0802082661 | ||||
| Published Price £12.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Author of the Dictionnaire historique et critique, 1696 ('the philosophical blockbuster of all time'), the French Protestant philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) has been described as the key intellectual figure at the turn of the 18th century, yet he remains an elusive figure. Among Lennon's aims in this study is to indicate how to overcome the 'initial impenetrability' of Bayle's writings, and to discuss themes suggested by his own reading of Bayle - integrity, authority, toleration, idolatry and providence. | ||||
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The Human Touch | |||
| Our Part in the Creation of a Universe | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Michael Frayn | ||||
| Metropolitan 2007 505 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0805081488 235x155mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| What would the universe be like without us? Would the laws of science and mathematics still exist if we were not here to express them? Would all this matter, and can we know about anything outside of ourselves anyway? This paradox has troubled humankind for millennia, and it lies behind many of Michael Frayn's own novels and plays; here he confronts it, addressing the subjectivity of our understanding of the universe from our position 'right in the thick of things'. Off-mint with felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Thomas Reid's Theory of Perception | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Ryan Nichols | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2007 304 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199276919 | ||||
| Published Price £44.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Ryan Nichols presents an interpretation of the theory of perception held by Thomas Reid (1710-1796), who founded, albeit inadvertently, the 'Scottish Common Sense' school. Beginning with Reid's methodology, including his faculty psychology, the study encompasses detailed discussion of the nature of conceptual awareness, the application of his theory of suggestion to tactile perception, sensations, visual perception, qualities, perceptual learning and Reid's answer to the Molyneux question. | ||||
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Motherland | |||
| A Philosophical History of Russia | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Lesley Chamberlain | ||||
| Atlantic 2004 331 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843542854 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Lesley Chamberlain identifies the two fundamental questions asked by Russian philosophers over the past two centuries: what makes a good man, and what is the right way to live? Her history of their answers shows how the tradition of Russian thought was affected by the years of Communism, with radical ideas driven underground. Motherland offers an interpretation of the country's intellectual life through postmodern eyes, demonstrating how it anticipated the breakdown of Western trust in reason. | ||||
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Western Philosophy | |||
| An Illustrated Guide | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| David Papineau (Edited by) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0195221435 278x210mm | ||||
| Published Price $40.00 | Sale Price £11.99 | |||
| What is reality? What is the mind? Is there a God? The fundamental questions that philosophy poses are addressed in this original and stimulating volume. In six sections - on the world, mind and body, knowledge, faith, ethics and aesthetics, and society - the book combines philosophical analysis, historical and biographical information and thought-provoking illustrations to provide an accessible introduction to the discipline and new perspectives on what really matters. | ||||
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The Clan of the Flapdragon and Other Adventures in Etymology | |||
| by BMW Shrapnel PhD | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Richard McKee | ||||
| Alabama 1997 183 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0817308814 | ||||
| Published Price £16.95 | Sale Price £12.99 | |||
| In his regular columns for the literary magazine Oasis, the pseudonymous Shrapnel satirized topics including murgatroyd and tiddlywinks, the Cajun proctologist Toulouse Mars, and what to give an etymologist for Christmas. Plus letters to the editor. | ||||
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Mind and Mechanism | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Drew McDermott | ||||
| MIT 2001 262 pages | ||||
| Hardback 026213392X | ||||
| Published Price £23.95 | Sale Price £17.99 | |||
| Drew McDermott takes a computational approach to the mind-body problem (how it is that a purely physical entity, the brain, can have experiences). He begins by demonstrating the falseness of dualist approaches, which separate the physical and mental realms. He then surveys what has been accomplished in artificial intelligence, clearly differentiating what we know how to build from what we can imagine building. McDermott then details a computational theory of consciousness - claiming that the mind can be modeled entirely in terms of computation - and deals with various possible objections. | ||||
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Language Creation and Language Change | |||
| Creolization, Diachrony and Development | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Michel DeGraff (Edited by) | ||||
| MIT 2001 573 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0262541262 252x177mm | ||||
| Published Price £30.95 | Sale Price £12.99 | |||
| The originality of this volume in its comparison of various sorts of language growth from a number of linguistic-theoretic and empirical perspectives, using data from both speech and gestural modalities and from a diversity of acquisition environments providing insights on the basis of language creation. | ||||
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Webster's Concise Edition Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Geddes & Grosset 2003 384 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1842052527 | ||||
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| A quick, easy and up-to-date reference for students and business people, this concise and clearly laid-out Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary contains over 36,000 words and translations. | ||||
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Language Awareness | |||
| A History and Implementations | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Lana J White; Bruce Maylath; Anthony Adams (Edited by) | ||||
| Amsterdam University Press 2000 110 pages | ||||
| Paperback 9053564624 | ||||
| Published Price £18.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| A truly international account of 'critical awareness' as a key concept in language education. | ||||
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Fiction, Literature and Media | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Mary Kooy; Tanja Janssen; Ken Watson (Edited by) | ||||
| Amsterdam University Press 1999 98 pages | ||||
| Paperback 905356392X | ||||
| Published Price £17.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| An examination for teachers on mother tongue language education and the texts that characterise it with chapters about literary theory, media texts and crossing borders of fictions, integration and language. | ||||
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