Adventures of Ideas (Whitehead Alfred North)(Paperback)

Adventures of Ideas (Whitehead Alfred North)(Paperback)

From Simon & Schuster, the Adventures of Ideas is Alfred North Whitehead's historical adventure. The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-matter. One meaning is the effect of certain ideas in promoting the slow drift of mankind towards

Process and Reality (Whitehead Alfred North)(Paperback)

One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead's influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy. Whitehead's master work in philsophy, Process and Reality propounds a system

Science and the Modern World (Whitehead Alfred North)(Paperback)

Alfred North Whitehead's Science and the Modern World, originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Taking readers through the history of modern science, Whitehead shows how cultural history has affected science over the ages in relation to such major intellectual themes

Whiteheadova filosofie přírody - Michal Andrle

Angličan Alfred North Whitehead (1841-1947) byl jedním z nejpronikavějších a zároveň nejsystematičtějších duchů první poloviny 20. století. Původem matematik a logik, spoluautor Principia Mathematica (s Bertrandem Russellem), dospěl nakonec ve svém filosofickém vývoji až k

Process and Aesthetics - Vlastimil Zuska, Ondřej Dadejík, Miloš Ševčík, Martin Kaplický - e-kniha

eBook: While Alfred North Whitehead did not dedicate any books or articles to aesthetics specifically, aesthetic motifs permeate his entire philosophical opus. Despite this, aestheticians have devoted little attention to Whitehead; most attempts to reconstruct Whitehead’s aesthetics have come

Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect (Whitehead Alfred N.)(Paperback)

Whitehead's response to the epistemological challenges of Hume and Kant in its most vivid and direct

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Lansing Alfred)(Paperback)

Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica,

Verbal Behavior (Skinner B. F.)(Paperback)

At the age of 30, B. F. Skinner found himself at a dinner sitting next to Professor Alfred North Whitehead. Never one to lose an opportunity to promote behaviorism, Skinner expounded its main tenets to the distinguished philosopher. Whitehead acknowledged that science might account for most of

Bůh ve filosofii Charlese Hartshorna - Petr Macek

Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000) je vedle Alfreda N. Whiteheada nesporně nejvýznamnějším procesuálním filosofem dvacátého století. Jeho zájmem byl především filosofický pojem Boha, který by byl filosoficky konzistentní a zároveň odpovídal obecné náboženské intuici. Kriticky

Spitfire: Pilots' Stories (Price Alfred)(Paperback)

The adventures of some sixty pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during the Second World War.The Spitfire was perhaps the most successful fighter design of all time. It remained at the forefront of its genre from the biplane era until well into the jet age, a period

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Lansing Alfred)(Paperback / softback)

Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas. 'Superb ... the greatest survival story of all time' Sir Chris

SW Coast Path North Cornwall Adventure Atlas(Paperback / softback)

The A-Z Adventure series features the accuracy and quality of OS Explorer mapping in a convenient book, complete with

SW Coast Path North Devon & Somerset Adventure Atlas(Paperback / softback)

The A-Z Adventure series features the accuracy and quality of OS Explorer mapping in a convenient book, complete with

Harlem Shuffle (Whitehead Colson)(Paperback)

Voyage to Magical North (Fayers Claire (Author))(Paperback / softback)

A heart-warming pirate adventure fuelled by friendship, magic, and the power of

Colossus of New York (Whitehead Colson)(Paperback / softback)

By the author of the international bestseller, The Underground

Principles of Economics (Marshall Alfred)(Paperback)

British economist Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the founders of the 'neoclassical' school in which economists studied both wealth and human behavior to understand why we make the choices we do. First published in 1890, Principles of Economics stands as Marshall's most influential work

The Life of King Alfred (Giles J. a.)(Paperback)

This is a biography of the medieval Anglo-Saxon King Alfred, part of a dynasty that maintained control over England until the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror hundreds of years later during the 11th

The Old Straight Track (Watkins Alfred)(Paperback)

A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient 'ley lines' criss-crossing the English countryside.First published in 1925, The Old Straight Track described the author's theory of 'ley lines', pre-Roman pathways consisting of

Alfred the Great (Horspool David)(Paperback)

The discovery earlier this year in Winchester of human remains, almost certainly of Alfred the Great or his eldest son, has sparked renewed interest in England's most celebrated monarch. King Alfred's historical achievements, saving his kingdom from invasion by marauding Vikings and attempting both

Nickel Boys - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020 (Whitehead Colson)(Paperback / softback)

Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead, brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida.Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned

Seven Professors of the Far North (Fardell John)(Paperback / softback)

This gripping adventure story is packed with eccentric characters, thrilling secrets, amazing inventions and breathtaking surprises. Sam's holiday with his friends Zara and Ben is interrupted when a bedraggled traveller blows in on a storm, reawakening a mystery from their Great Uncle Alexander's

Eye of the North (O'Hart Sinead)(Paperback / softback)

When Emmeline's parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself flung into an adventure that takes her to the frozen north. There evil Dr Siegfriend Bauer is plotting to awaken a mythical creature from the deep. And he's not the only one determined to unleash the terrible beast. Can Emmeline stop

The Giant of the North - R. M. Ballantyne - e-kniha

eBook:,First published in 1882 ‘The Giant of the North’ is an imaginative children’s adventure tale from prolific Scottish author R.M. Ballantyne. Captain Vane, along with his son Benjamin and nephews Leo and Alf are on an adventure, searching for the elusive North Pole. When their ship runs