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1	The Noticer: Sometimes All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective more books like this by Andy Andrews add to wishlist This is a moving story of common wisdom from the bestselling author of "The Traveler's Gift". Orange Beach, Alabama is a simple town filled with simple people. But they all have their share of problems - marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy, and many of the other ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $11.24! \| SVS
2	Too Many Murkles more books like this by Heidi Charissa Schmidt, Mary Gregg Byrne (Illustrator) add to wishlist Each spring the people of Summerville gather to prevent the dreaded Murkles from entering their village. Unfortunately, this year there are more of the strange, smelly creatures than ever. When Juliana allows one little Murkle to waddle into town, she witnesses something truly amazing. She now knows exactly what to do, but will the mayor listen? ... see all copies from $3.23! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
3	Wooden Eyes: Nine Reflections on Distance more books like this by Professor Carlo Ginzburg, Sir Martin Ryle (Translator), Kate Soper (Translator) add to wishlist Distance, perception, objectivity, and subjectivity are the central themes of Ginzburg's scholarly descent into myth, art, philosophy, literature, and ethics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Noticer more books like this by Andy Andrews (Read by) add to wishlist Korean edition of New York Times, Amazon bestselling book THE NOTICER: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective by Andy Andrews, the author of The Traveler's Gift. People at Orange Beach, Alabama have their own troubles and agonies. One day a mysterious old man shows up and changes the destiny of this whole town. Distributed by Tsai ... see all copies from $11.55! new only from $11.55! \| SVS
5	Nietzsche's Perspectivism more books like this by Steven D Hales, Rex Welshon add to wishlist In "Nietzsche's Perspectivism", Steven Hales and Rex Welshon offer an analytic approach to Nietzsche's important idea that truth is perspectival. Drawing on Nietzsche's entire published corpus, along with manuscripts he never saw to press, they assess the different perspectivisms at work in Nietzsche's views with regard to truth, logic, causality, ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.40! \| SVS
6	Philosophy After Objectivity more books like this by Paul K Moser add to wishlist Philosophers have traditionally sought objective knowledge: knowledge of things whose existence does not depend on one's conceiving of them. Philosophy After Objectivity uses lessons from debates over objective knowledge to characterize the kinds of reasons pertinent to philosophical and other theoretical views. It argues that we cannot meet ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $23.93! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Infinity and Perspective more books like this by Karsten Harries add to wishlist Harries, Professor of Philosophy at Yale, juxtaposes two conflicting views of Truth in an attempt to reconcile postmodern "discontent" and awaken from the spells of nihilism. Harries, relying on the work of Nicolaus Cusanus and the Renaissance architect Alberti, endeavors to show the necessity of an objective perspective in comprehending our place ... see all copies from $14.60! new only from $18.23! \| first editions
8	Disclosing Horizons: Architecture, Perspective and Redemptive Space more books like this by Nicholas Temple add to wishlist This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design. Since its earliest developments, perspective was conceived as an exemplary form of representation that served as an ideal model of how everyday ... see all copies from $55.98! new only from $55.98!
9	Upside Downers more books like this by Mitsumasa Anno add to wishlist In topsy-turvy Card Land, everyone has an upside-down double and nobody knows who is really up and who is really down. When the joker takes the problem to the kings, they, too, are confused until a surprisingly simple solution is found. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	From Where I Stand: In the City more books like this by Cheryl Willis Hudson, Nancy Devard (Illustrator) add to wishlist A charming tale that reinforces the concepts of perception and place recognition, this book features rhyming text and energetic illustrations that show the unique perspective of a small boy as he accompanies an adult on her errands along a busy city street. Full color. see all copies from $2.73! new only from $5.77! \| SVS
11	Philosophy Unmasked more books like this by Laurie Calhoun add to wishlist A critique of analytic philosophy, this work expresses a scepticism about all first-order philosophical theories. The author contends that philosophy is a subjective enterprise, devoid of facts, which relies on the imposition of one's own values upon phenomena. see all copies from $20.00! new only from $41.26!
12 view cover	The First-Person Perspective and Other Essays more books like this by Sydney Shoemaker add to wishlist Sydney Shoemaker is one of the most influential philosophers currently writing on philosophy of mind and metaphysics. The essays in this collection deal with the way in which we know our own minds, and with the nature of those mental states of which we have our most direct conscious awareness. Professor Shoemaker opposes the 'inner sense' ... see all copies from $40.42! new only from $40.42! \| SVS
13 view cover	Shakespeare and the Culture of Paradox more books like this by Peter G Platt add to wishlist Exploring Shakespeare's intellectual interest in placing both characters and audiences in a state of uncertainty, mystery, and doubt, this book interrogates the use of paradox in Shakespeare's plays and in performance. By adopting this discourse-one in which opposites can co-exist and perspectives can be altered, and one that asks accepted ... see all copies from $72.95! new only from $86.43!
14 view cover	The Mouse Who Owned the Sun more books like this by Sally Derby, Friso Henstra (Illustrator), Frisco Henstra (Illustrator) add to wishlist A naive mouse believes that he controls the sun. Will he be able to convince the king that the sun rises and sets on a little mouse's command? Illustrated in ink and watercolor. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Site of Our Lives: The Self and the Subject from Emerson to Foucault more books like this by James S Hans add to wishlist This book addresses the question of human uniqueness at a time when academic discourse has all but abandoned its long-held commitment to the value of individuality. Through an appraisal of the works of Emerson, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault, the author establishes the ways in which the current critique of the self has grossly ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $6.42! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Crossing of the Visible more books like this by Jean-Luc Marion, James K A Smith (Translator) add to wishlist Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. For the question of painting is, at its heart, a question of visibility - of appearance. As such, the painting is a privileged case of the phenomenon; the painting becomes an index for investigating the conditions of appearance - or ... see all copies from $14.48! new only from $15.51! \| SVS
17 view cover	A Weed Is a Seed more books like this by Frida Wolff, Ferida Wolff, Janet Pedersen (Illustrator) add to wishlist Pairs of rhyming verses show that such things in the natural world as weeds, a breeze, sand, and ice can be seen both positively and negatively. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Disappointment: Or the Light of Common Day more books like this by Bruce E Fleming add to wishlist 41.00 see all copies from $23.21! new only from $28.99!
19	The Secret of Life: Perspectivism in Science more books like this by Jerry I Jacobson add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!
20	The Desolation of Reality more books like this by William R Brashear add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00!
21	Shifting Perspectives: Changing Your Outlook for Positive Results more books like this by Olivier De Brivezac add to wishlist see all copies from $52.63!
22 view cover	Philosophical Foundations for the Practices of Ecology more books like this by William Reiners, Jeffrey Lockwood add to wishlist Ecologists use a remarkable range of methods and techniques to understand complex, inherently variable, and functionally diverse entities and processes across a staggering range of spatial, temporal and interactive scales. These multiple perspectives make ecology very different to the exemplar of science often presented by philosophers. In ... see all copies from $44.76! new only from $44.76!
23	Philosophie des Perspektivismus more books like this by Friedrich Kaulbach add to wishlist see all copies from $131.13!
24	Il Mondo Visibile: George Berkeley E La "Perspectiva" more books like this by Silvia Parigi add to wishlist see all copies from $61.45!
25	La prospettiva come forma simbolica : e altri scritti more books like this by Erwin Panofsky add to wishlist see all copies from $65.00! first editions

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