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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. Revised ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), grey-coloured top edge, figures, sticker & old price marks front flyleaf, minor foxing endpapers, minimal foxing some pages, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small edge tears, faint toning reverse side, spine little faded, rear cover lightly toned, flap price-clipped), shop sticker front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 139 pp. Revised edition (1958) of a book by Bertand Russell initially published in 1925. The basic principles of relativity (Albert Einstein) have not changed since then, but its applications have been extended, and some revision was necessary for this edition. Chapter 11 has been rewritten, and a number of other passages have been altered to agree with present knowledge.

London: Collins, 1962. U.K. ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), flyleaves & edges lightly foxed, owner's rubber stamps (crossed out), minor text annotation, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 192 pp. One of the German theologian's earliest writings, presented to the University of Berlin in 1931. Its two themes are transcendental philosophy and ontology, seen as underlying two theological tendencies: theology of act, and theology of being. This is a U.K. edition (Collins, London)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), edge tears jacket repaired (minor edgewear & scratches, spine toned), top corner front cover bumped, pages faintly toned, top edge lightly foxed. 150 pp. A philosophical account by D. G. Brown of action in which the peculiarities of human action find their place in nature. Considers one the most difficult questions in metaphysics: what is action? Examined from the point of view of the agent, the primacy of inanimate action, and the pervasiveness of explanatory insight in the description of action. Concepts common to morality, psychology, and history are discussed. The author professor of philosophy, University of British Columbia.

London: Phoenix, 1997. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, sticker mark front cover. 57 pp. David Berman traces the experimentalism of philosopher Bishop George Berkeley - from experiments with sight and touch to near-death experiences. The author has found an intriguing marriage of philosophy and experimental psychology.

Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic, 2001. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. 314 pp. A companion volume to a previous one on first-person approaches to the study of consciousness. Your relationships are central to human life yet have been neglected in consciousness research. This book puts that right, and goes further by including descriptions of animal person-to-person interactions from primatologists Barbara Smuts and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh. Other contributions are drawn from fields as diverse as Japanese philosophy and Buddhist studies, neurophysiology, phenomenology and neuropsychology - including clinical studies on autism and face-recognition disorders. Edited by Evan Thomspon. (A special issue of the 'Journal of Consciousness Studies'.).

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2018. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few light scratches covers, bottom corner tip rear cover creased, minor edgewear. 256 pp. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of French sociologist, cultural theorist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu. Drawing on recently released lectures, the authors offer a systematic account of Bourdieu's full body of work, from his early research in Algiers to his last lecture in Paris. This critical introduction will interest all Bourdieu scholars, as well as researchers and thinkers who use his work in their own social and cultural analyses.

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1991. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, old price marks. 365 pp. John Sturat Mill, the skeptical Scottish philosopher, explores government for the majority, combined with rights for minorities. (A classic book in the 'Great Books in Philosophy' series from Prometheus Books.).

Melbourne: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Books Australia, 2000. Australian, reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. 265 pp. Alain de Botton provides personal and witty discussion of some common human concerns, according to six philosophers: Socrates on unpopularity, Epicurus on not having enough money, Seneca on frustration, Montaigne on inadequacy, Schopenhauer on having a broken heart, and Nietzsche on difficulties. This book inspired the Channel 4 TV series 'Philosophy'. The bestselling author is a director of philosophy at London University.

New York: Methuen, 1984. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, few scratches front cover, light foxing edges, spine & covers little faded (text little faded rear cover but readable), minor edgewear. 201 pp. Examines the deconstructionist challenge in a series of closely-argued essays on philosophers Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, J. L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle and Saul Kripke. Also examines the interpretative strategies forced upon literary critics in the efforts to master the ambivalent rhetorics of fiction, poetry and philosophy. A fresh and productive look at links between philosophy and literary theory.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. 1st U.K. ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corner rear cover creased, minor edgewear. 321 pp. Examines the debate between two of the most prominent philosophers and social theorists of the 20th century: Jacques Derrida and Jurgen Habermas. It presents a unique collection of articles by the two figures and by those who have written about them, and includes pieces published in English for the first time.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, corner tips covers & few pages little worn. 326 pp. This edited book brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on the 17th-century French philosopher, Descartes. These broad-ranging and accessible perspectives on Descartes' work will interest students and specialists.

Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic, 2001. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. 166 pp. How does the conscious mind relate to the physical body? Two common views from the past offered the stark choice between dualism in which mind and body were quite separate, and physicalism in which the mind was in fact nothing but the physical brain. Both these views are now widely rejected. Emergence theory offers a compromise: the mind emerges from the physical body but the whole person, mind and body, is more than the sum of the physical parts. Philosopher Robert Van Gulick gives a clear and masterly overview and comparison of the current emergent and reductive approaches. The editor's own chapter argues for the radical proposal that even God is an emergent property.

Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic, 2005. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. 262 pp. Emotion experience has failed to date to gain a central place in the study of consciousness. This special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies presents the most recent views on the matter, with discussions of several aspects of emotion experience. Contributors from different disciplines address links between feelings, brain, body and world. What happens in the brain and in the body when we have feelings - How do feelings relate to our understanding of the world. The contributors also analyse emotion experience per se, the character of moods, the role of emotion experience in demarcating the class of emotion, the alleged positive and negative character of affect, its embodied feel, and its relation to action.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1972. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), boards & top edge burgundy, tiny mark fore-edge, minor edgewear jacket (small defect bottom edge). 229 pp. Enigmas of Agency, by Irving Tahlberg (Allen & Unwin, 1972.) Irving Thalberg provides an introduction to the philosophy of action and human behaviour, written in a lucid and witty style. First edition.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2007. 1st Australian ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, top edge lightly toned, top corner tip rear cover little creased, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). 276 pp. Renowned conservative Australian-Canadian ethicist Margaret Somerville tackles some of the most contentious issues of our time and proposes a brilliant new kind of ethical language and thought to help us deal with them. Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world and how we find meaning in life. She touches on controversial topics such as new reproductive technologies, genetic modification and transhumanism.

Sydney, Edgecliff: Ventura Publishing, 2017. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 281 pp. In this fascinating book about leading a more ethical life, the author uses a broad range of topics and examples to provoke eye-opening reflection and discussion. Written by Australia's leading authority on ethics.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987. 1st ed.. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 230 pp. The author shows that theories about politics and economics, ideology and human nature (eg, Marxism) are perfectly amenable to rational discussion.

London: Reaktion Books, 2006. 1st English ed.. Paperback tall trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 188 pp. Drawing on a range of commentators, from Adam Smith in the 18th century to Roland Barthes in more recent times, Lars Svendsen analyses fashion as a historical phenomenon and as a philosophy of aesthetics, and considers fashion's relationships to art, politics and philosophy.

New York: Routledge, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, covers little rubbed, minor edgewear corners. 291 pp. This new collection considers Habermas's theory from a variety of feminist vantage points. While the contributors hold widely different political and philosophical views, they recognize that Habermas's work, critically appropriated, offers much that is valuable to feminist reflections on power, norms, and subjectivity. It will be of particular interest to students of women's studies, sociology, politics and literature.

London: Macmillan, 1981. Reprint ed.. Paperback small, very good condition, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear. 140 pp. An introductory examination of the very old and intractable philosophical problem of free will, by D. J. O’Connor, professor of philosophy, University of Exeter.