Metaphysics Structure Function by Körner Stephan (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good. Light shelfwear. Light age-toning. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A little shelf wear. Owner embossed stamp on fly leaf. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xi, 238 pp.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Photos included in listing. About the book This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Professor Körner's method may be described as 'philosophical anthropology', and aims to arrive at a characterisation of the metaphysical beliefs with which we (have to) operate. Professor Körner begins by describing how the categorical framework of a person's metaphysical beliefs may be embedded in more ordinary beliefs and practical attitudes to the world. He illustrates the variety of such frameworks and describes their role, going on to explain how they may be modified by argument and reflection. This is an independent inquiry, but also the culmination of a series of Professor Körner's earlier works. The writing is extremely clear and the material sensitively controlled, revealing great learning and many suggestive insights and comparisons. It presents overall a comprehensive and carefully thought-out account of metaphysics.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else near fine in a very good (age toning to flaps) dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380. . 2009. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. xi, 238 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Professor Stephan Korner, 86, and his wife, Edith, 79, were, tragically, found to be dead by the doctor on a routine visit to their Bristol home in recent weeks. Prof. Korner, professor of philosophy at Bristol University for 27 years from 1952 and his wife, appointed a CBE for her work for the NHS, were said by friends to have been happliy married for 56 years. They were Czechs who had fled from the Nazi regime in 1938. Sadly, Edith Korner had been suffering from a terminal cancer' (Philosophy Now Web site). For Körner, see Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 115: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, I.…

Condition: New. This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380. . 2009. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 238pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine & flaps, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear). …

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

1st ed. - With index. - Hardcover with dustjacket.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.