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Logical Constructions
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Bernard Linsky, University of Alberta.
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Cognitive Science
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The study of mind and intelligence. By Paul Thagard of the University of Waterloo.
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Connectionism
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Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. By James W. Garson of the University of Houston.
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Dialetheism
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Dialeth(e)ism is the view that there are true contradictions. By Graham Priest of the University of Queensland.
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Existence
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By Barry Miller.
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Game Theory
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Von Neumann and Morgensterns mathematical theory of bargaining, introduced by Don Ross University of Cape Town.
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Holes
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Short article by Roberto Casati of the École Polytechnique and Achille C. Varzi of Columbia.
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The Identity of Indiscernibles
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Peter Forrest introduces the principle of analytic ontology formulated by Leibniz, stating that no two distinct substances exactly resemble each other.
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The Language of Thought Hypothesis
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By Murat Aydede, surveying the arguments for and against the proposition that thoughts are expressed in a mental language.
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Liberalism
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Gerald F. Gaus outlines the general philosophical theory of liberalism.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Online philosophy reference work, articles are authored and updated by experts in the field. Edited by Edward Zalta.
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Miracles
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Exploring Hume's argument and the religious significance. By Michael P. Levine of the University of Western Australia.
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Mental Imagery
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By Nigel Thomas of Leeds University.
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Multiple Realizability
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John Bickle discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds.
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Ontological Arguments
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Ontological arguments are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists, from premisses which are supposed to derive from some source other than observation of the world. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Graham Oppy.
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Pascal's wager
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An argument due to Blaise Pascal for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe, in God. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Alan Hájek.
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Private Language
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By Stewart Candlish from the University of Western Australia.
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Sorites Paradox
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By Dominic Hyde.
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Thought Experiments
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By James Robert Brown, University of Toronto.
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Tropes
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An article describing tropes by John Bacon.
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Vagueness
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By Roy Sorensen.
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Artifact
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By Risto Hilpinen of the University of Miami.
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Causal Processes
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Bertrand Russell, Wesley Salmon, and conserved quantities. By Phil Dowe of the University of Tasmania.
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Probabilistic Causation
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"Probabilistic Causation" designates a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the tools of probability theory. A primary motivation for the development of such theories is the desire for a theory of causation that does not presuppose physical determinism.
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Animal Consciousness
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By Colin Allen of Texas A & M, addressing the qualitative or phenomenological nature of experience.
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Cosmology and Theology
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Deals with the cosmological argument. By John Leslie of the University of Guelph.
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Mental Representation
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According to the Representational Theory of Mind, psychological states are to be understood as relations between agents and mental representations. By David Pitt, CUNY.
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Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification
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Survey of theories according to which knowledge and justified belief rest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge or justified belief. By Richard Fumerton of the University of Iowa.
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Time Travel and Modern Physics
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Survey of philosophical woories about inconsistencies inherent in the idea of time travel in the context of modern physics. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Tim Maudlin.
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Propositional Attitude Reports
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Explores semantic accounts of propositional attitude reports, and some of the theories developed to deal with Frege's puzzle. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Thomas J. McKay.
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Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory
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Assesses the metaphysical implications of quantum theory by considering the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity conditions. By Steven French of Leeds University.
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The Identity Theory of Mind
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Evaluates the theory that holds that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. By J. J. C. Smart of Monash.
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Logical Form
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Introduction to logical form, surface and deep meaning. By Paul M. Pietroski, University of Maryland.
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Medieval Theories of Practical Reason
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From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Anthony Celano.
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Properties
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Entry in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy by Chris Swoyer. Principally concerned with existence and identity conditions.
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Nineteenth Century Geometry
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By Roberto Torretti, Universidad de Chile.
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Holism and Nonseparability in Physics
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Comprehensive article by Richard Healey of the University of Arizona.
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Epiphenomenalism
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Discusses the view that mental events are caused by physical events in the brain, but have no effects upon any physical events. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by William S. Robinson.
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The Hole Argument
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The hole argument is an attempt to illustrate how spacetime substantivalism causes errors in a large class of spacetime theories. By John D. Norton of the University of Pittsburgh.
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Actualism
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The thesis that there are no merely possible entities; by Christopher Menzel.
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Behaviorism
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By George Graham of University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Teleological Notions in Biology
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By Colin Allen of Texas A & M.
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Contractarianism
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By Ann E. Cudd, University of Kansas.
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Representational Theories of Consciousness
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By William Lycan, University of North Carolina.
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Voluntary Euthanasia
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By Robert Young, La Trobe University.
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Feminist Perspectives on the Self
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By Diana Meyers of the University of Connecticut.
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Folk Psychology as Mental Simulation
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By Robert M. Gordon, University of Missouri.
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Folk Psychology as a Theory
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By Ian Ravenscroft, the Flinders University of South Australia.
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Distributive Justice
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By Julian Lamont, University of Queensland.
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Public Justification
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By Fred D'Agostino, University of New England, Australia.
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Relevance Logic
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By Edwin D. Mares, Victoria University of Wellington.
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Paraconsistent Logic
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By Graham Priest and Koji Tanaka.
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Informal Logic
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By Leo Groarke, Wilfrid Laurier University.
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Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics
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By Mark Colyvan, University of Tasmania.
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Constructive Mathematics
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By Douglas Bridges from Waikato University.
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Inconsistent Mathematics
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By Chris Mortensen, University of Adelaide.
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The Philosophy of Neuroscience
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By John Bickle and Peter Mandik.
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The St. Petersburg Paradox
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By Robert M. Martin, Dalhousie University.
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Experiments in Physics
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By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
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Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle
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By Frank Arntzenius of Rutgers.
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Singular Propositions
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Propositions about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. By G. W. Fitch.
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Structured Propositions
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To say that propositions are structured is to say that they are complex entities, entities having parts or constituents. By Jeffrey C. King.
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Historicist Theories of Rationality
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By Carl Matheson of the University of Manitoba.
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The Epistemology of Religion
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By Peter Forrest.
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Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract
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By Fred D'Agostino.
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Conventionality of Simultaneity
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By Allen I. Janis, University of Pittsburgh.
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Supertasks
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Introduced by Jon Pérez Laraudogoitia from the University of the Basque Country.
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Coherence Theory of Truth
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The truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. By James O. Young.
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Deflationary Theory of Truth
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According to the deflationary theory of truth, to assert that a statement is true is just to assert the statement itself. By Daniel Stoljar.
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Identity Theory of Truth
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When a truth-bearer is true, there is a truth-maker with which it is identical and the truth of the former consists in its identity with the latter. By Stewart Candlish.
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Revision Theory of Truth
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Theory developed to analyze paradoxes that appear to show that common-sense beliefs about truth are inconsistent. By Eric M. Hammer.
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Personal Identity
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How does a person stay the same person over time? By Eric T. Olson.
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Egalitarianism
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The view that people should get the same or be treated the same; by Richard Arneson.
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Homosexuality
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Philosophical issues in homosexuality and queer theory; by Brent Pickett.
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Identity Politics
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History of the political activity and theorizing founded in the shared experiences of injustice of members of certain social groups; by Cressida Heyes.
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Naturalism in Legal Philosophy
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Discusses naturalistic theses in the philosophy of law; by Brian Leiter.
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Realism
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Survey of realism and anti-realism in various forms; by Alexander Miller.
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The Mathematics of Boolean Algebra
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Survey of the algebra of two-valued logic; by J. Donald Monk.
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Species
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Philosophical theories on what makes a species; by Marc Ereshefsky.
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Theological Voluntarism
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Survey of divine command theory; by Mark Murphy.
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Immutability
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The doctrine that God cannot undergo real change; by Brian Leftow.
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Consciousness and Intentionality
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Discussion of the connection between phenomenal consciousness and intentionality; by Charles Siewert.
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Globalization
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Social theory and philosophy issues in globalization; by William Scheuerman.
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Moral Skepticism
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Survey of forms of scepticism about moral knowledge; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
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Scientific Realism
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The thesis that science discovers truths about a theory-independent reality; by Richard Boyd.
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Personal Autonomy
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Survey of philosophical theories about what it is to govern oneself; by Sarah Buss.
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Death
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Discussion of philosophical issues about death; by Steven Luper.
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The Biological Notion of Self and Non-self
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History and discussion of the notion of the immune self; by Alfred Tauber.
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Omnipotence
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The theistic thesis that God has maximal power; by Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz.
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Doing vs. Allowing Harm
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Views on the moral difference between doing harm and allowing harm; by Frances Howard-Snyder.
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Desert
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Moral issues of desert (punishment, success) and justice; by Owen McLeod.
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Privacy
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Survey of philosophical views about privacy; by Judith DeCew.
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Modal Fictionalism
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Survey of the view that claims of necessity and possibility are to be construed as fictional claims; by Daniel Nolan.
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Philosophy and Christian Theology
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Discussion of philosophical implications of Christian theological views; by Michael Murray.
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The Correspondence Theory of Truth
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The thesis that propositions are made true in virtue of corresponding to facts; by Marian David.
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Determinates vs. Determinables
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A distinction introduced by W. E. Johnson to apply, e.g., to red and colored; by David H. Sanford.
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Events
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Survey of philosophical views on the character and status of events; by Roberto Casati and Achille Varzi.
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Relative Identity
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The view that there are objects which are the same F yet not the same G; by Harry Deutsch.
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The Definition of Morality
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Discussion of various descriptive and normative definitions of the term; Bernard Gert.
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Moral Dilemmas
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Discusses cases of conflicting moral requirements; by Terrance McConnell.
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Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge
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Discussess the impact of social relations and values on scientific research; by Helen Longino.
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Finitism in Geometry
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Approaches to geometry that do not presuppose an infinity of points; by Jean-Paul van Bendegem.
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Process Philosophy
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View that puts processes at the center of metaphysics; by Nicholas Rescher.
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Space and Time: Inertial Frames
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Frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
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Impartiality
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Survey of views on moral impartiality; by Troy Jollimore.
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Action
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Theories about intentional action and agency; by George Wilson.
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Justice as a Virtue
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Survey of justice as a virtue from Plato to Rawls; by Michael Slote.
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Cosmopolitanism
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The view that all human beings belong to a single community; by Pauline Kleingeld and Eric Brown.
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Quantum Logic and Quantum Probability
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How quantum mechanics can be regarded as a non-classical probabilistic calculus; by Alexander Wilce.
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Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
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By Elizabeth Anderson.
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Incompatibilist (Nondeterministic) Theories of Free Will
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By Randolph Clarke.
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The Experience and Perception of Time
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By Robin Le Poidevin.
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Intertheory Relations in Physics
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Discussion of theory reduction in science; by Robert Batterman.
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Legal Punishment
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Justifications of legal punishment; by Antony Duff.
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Moral Responsibility
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Historical survey of the concept of moral responsibility; by Andrew Eshleman.
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Curry's Paradox
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Discussion of a semantic paradox due to Haskell B. Curry; by J. C. Beall.
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Counterfactual Theories of Causation
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Discussion of analysis of causal statements in terms of counterfactual conditionals; by Peter Menzies.
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Semantic Challenges to Realism
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Realism and the representation problem; by Drew Khlentzos.
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Physicalism
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Discussion of the thesis that everything is physical; by Daniel Stoljar.
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The Unity of Consciousness
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History and philosophical accounts of unity of consciousness; by Andrew Brook.
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Higher-order Theories of Consciousness
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Theories which explain conscious states by their relations to higher-order representations of them; by Peter Carruthers.
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Integrity
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Discussion of integrity as a virtue term; by Damian Cox, Marguerite La Caze, and Michael Levine.
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Panpsychism
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The doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe; by William Seager.
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On The Nature of Law
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Survey of theories on the conditions of legal validity including natural law theories and legal positivism; by Andrei Marmor.
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Interpretation and Coherence in Legal Reasoning
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Survey of theories on legal reasoning; by Julie Dickson.
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Moral Particularism
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The claim that there are no defensible moral principles; by Jonathan Dancy.
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Truthlikeness
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Discussion of notion of verisimilitude, closeness to truth; by Graham Oddie.
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Being and Becoming in Modern Physics
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Discusses implications of general relativity for the philosophy of time; by Steven Savitt.
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Epistemological Problems of Perception
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Discussion of how sense experience justifies or warrants beliefs about the physical world; by Lawrence BonJour.
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Abstract Objects
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Survey of attempts to draw the distinction between concrete and abstract objects; by Gideon Rosen.
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The Problem of Evil
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Does the world contain undesirable states of affairs that provide the basis for an argument that makes it unreasonable for anyone to believe in the existence of God?; by Michael Tooley.
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Philosophy of Childhood
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The philosophy of childhood takes up philosophically interesting questions about childhood, about conceptions people have of childhood and attitudes they have toward children; by Gareth Matthews.
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Libertarianism
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Theory about the permissibility of non-consensual force violating property rights in external things and oneself; by Peter Vallentyne.
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Qualia: The Knowledge Argument
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Aims to establish that conscious experience involves non-physical properties. It is one of the most discussed arguments against physicalism; by Martine Nida-Rümelin.
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The Moral Status of Animals
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Philosophical theories about the difference between animals and humans responsible for the moral status of humans. By Lori Gruen.
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The Computational Theory of Mind
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The philosophical theopry that the mind is, or functions like, a computer; by Steven Horst.
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Aesthetic Judgment
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Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; by Nick Zangwill.
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Biodiversity
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Discussion of philosophical issues related to biological diversity; by Daniel P. Faith.
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Biological Altruism
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Discussion of how altruistic behavior by organisms fits with the theory of evolution; by Samir Okasha.
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Mereology
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The theory of parthood relations: of the relations of part to whole and the relations of part to part within a whole; by Achille Varzi.
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Scientific Explanation
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Philosophical theories about the nature of explanation in science; by James Woodward.
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Eliminative Materialism
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The view that some or all of the mental states posited by common-sense do not actually exist; by William Ramsey.
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Laws of Nature
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Philosophical theories about what it is to be a law; by John W. Carroll.
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Reflective Equilibrium
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The result of a process of reflection on an area of (moral) inquiry, a notion figuring prominently in Rawls' Theory of Justice; by Norman Daniels.
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Analysis
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The historical development and conceptual structure of philosophical analysis; by Michael Beaney.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Online encyclopedia of philosophy created and maintained by Stanford University.
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Cognitive Science
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The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard..
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Connectionism
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Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James W. Garson.
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Mental Representation
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A mental representation is a mental object with semantic properties. According to the Representational Theory of Mind, psychological states are to be understood as relations between agents and mental representations. Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by David Pitt.
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The Identity Theory of Mind
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Evaluates the theory that holds that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by J. J. C. Smart.
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Epiphenomenalism
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Discusses the view that mental events are caused by physical events in the brain, but have no effects upon any physical events. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by William S. Robinson.
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Multiple Realizability
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Discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Bickle.
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The Unity of Consciousness
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History and philosophical accounts of unity of consciousness; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Andrew Brook.
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Higher-order Theories of Consciousness
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Theories which explain conscious states by their relations to higher-order representations of them; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Peter Carruthers.
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Consciousness and Intentionality
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Discussion of the connection between phenomenal consciousness and intentionality; by Charles Siewert.
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Panpsychism
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The doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Seager.
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Stanford Encyclopedia - The Computational Theory of Mind
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The philosophical theory that the mind is, or functions like, a computer; by Steven Horst.
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Eliminative Materialism
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The view that some or all of the mental states posited by common-sense do not actually exist; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Ramsey.
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The Language of Thought Hypothesis
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Entry in the Stanford Encyclopaedia by Murat Aydede, surveying the arguments for and against the proposition that thoughts are expressed in a mental language.
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Private Language
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Entry from the Stanford Encyclopaedeia of Philosophy.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Cosmology and Theology
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Reasoning known as the cosmological argument attempts to justify belief in God by pointing to the existence of the cosmos, its causal orderliness, and alleged evidence of its being in some sense designed to include life and intelligence.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pascal's Wager
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Argument due to Blaise Pascal for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe, in God. Encyclopedia entry by Alan Hájek.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ontological Arguments
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A survey by Graham Oppy of arguments for God's existence that do not proceed from observation of the world around us.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Theological Voluntarism
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Survey of divine command theory by Mark Murphy.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Immutability
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Entry by Brian Leftow on the doctrine that God cannot undergo real change.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Omnipotence
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The theistic thesis that God has maximal power. By Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy and Christian Theology
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Michael Murray's discussion of philosophical implications of Christian theological views.
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Aesthetic Judgment
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Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Nick Zangwill.
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Scientific Realism
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Stanford Encyclopedia entry on thesis that science discovers truths about a theory-independent reality; by Richard Boyd.
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Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge
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Discussess the impact of social relations and values on scientific research; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Helen Longino.
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Intertheory Relations in Physics
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Discussion of theory reduction in science; by Robert Batterman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Scientific Explanation
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Philosophical theories about the nature of explanation in science; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by James Woodward.
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Laws of Nature
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Philosophical theories about what it is to be a law; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by John W. Carroll.
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Experiment in Physics
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On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
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Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory
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Assesses the metaphysical implications of quantum theory by considering the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity conditions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Steven French.
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Space and Time: Inertial Frames
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On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
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Being and Becoming in Modern Physics
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Discusses implications of general relativity for the philosophy of time; by Steven Savitt.
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Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle
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From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Frank Arntzenius.
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Holism and Nonseparability in Physics
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Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Teleological Notions in Biology
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Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Colin Allen.
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Species
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Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Marc Ereshefsky.
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The Biological Notion of Self and Non-self
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Stanford Encyclopedia entry on the notion of the immune self; by Alfred Tauber.
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Biological Altruism
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Discussion of how altruistic behavior by organisms fits with the theory of evolution; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Samir Okasha.
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Biodiversity
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Discussion of philosophical issues related to biological diversity; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Daniel P. Faith.
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Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics
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From the fact that mathematics is indispensable to science, some philosophers have drawn serious metaphysical conclusions. In particular, Quine and Putnam have argued that the indispensability of mathematics to empirical science gives us good reason to believe in the existence of mathematical entities. From the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Constructive Mathematics
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Constructive mathematics is distinguished from its traditional counterpart, classical mathematics, by the strict interpretation of the phrase `there exists' as `we can construct'. In order to work constructively, we need to re-interpret not only the existential quantifier but all the logical connectives and quantifiers as instructions on how to construct a proof of the statement involving these logical expressions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Inconsistent Mathematics
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Inconsistent mathematics is the study of the mathematical theories that result when classical mathematical axioms are asserted within the framework of a (non-classical) logic which can tolerate the presence of a contradiction without turning every sentence into a theorem. By Chris Mortensen, from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Nineteenth Century Geometry
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Philosophical-historical survey of the development of geometry in the 19th century. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Roberto Toretti.
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Propositional Attitude Reports
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Explores semantic accounts of propositional attitude reports, and some of the theories developed to deal with Frege's puzzle. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Thomas J. McKay.
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Semantic Challenges to Realism
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Realism and the representation problem; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Drew Khlentzos.
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Singular Propositions
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Singular propositions (also called `Russellian propositions') are propositions that are about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by G. W. Fitch.
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Logical Constructions
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Bertrand Russell referred to several different definitions and philosophical analyses as providing "logical constructions" of certain entities and expressions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Bernard Linsky.
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Logical Form
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Introduction to logical form, surface and deep meaning. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul M. Pietroski.
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Structured Propositions
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To say that propositions are structured is to say that they are complex entities, entities having parts or constituents. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Jeffrey C. King.
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Analysis
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The historical development and conceptual structure of philosophical analysis; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Michael Beaney.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Mereology
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The relations of part to whole and of part to part within a whole; by Achille Varzi.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Modal Fictionalism
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Survey of the view that claims of necessity and possibility are to be construed as fictional claims; by Daniel Nolan.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Actualism
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The thesis that there are no merely possible entities; by Christopher Menzel.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Identity of Indiscernibles
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A principle of analytic ontology first explicitly formulated by Leibniz. It states that no two distinct substances exactly resemble each other.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Tropes
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An article describing tropes; by John Bacon.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Holes
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An interesting case-study for ontologists and epistemologists.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Events
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Survey of philosophical views on the character and status of events; by Roberto Casati and Achille Varzi.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Physicalism
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Discussion of the thesis that everything is physical; by Daniel Stoljar.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Abstract Objects
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Survey of attempts to draw the distinction between concrete and abstract objects; by Gideon Rosen.
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Qualia: The Knowledge Argument
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Aims to establish that conscious experience involves non-physical properties. It is one of the most discussed arguments against physicalism; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Martine Nida-Rümelin.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Existence
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Survey article by Barry Miller.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Incompatibilist (Nondeterministic) Theories of Free Will
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Randolph Clarke's survey of theories of freedom according to which it is inconsistent with causal determinism.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Causal Processes
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Bertrand Russell, Wesley Salmon, and conserved quantities. By Phil Dowe.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Counterfactual Theories of Causation
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Discussion of analysis of causal statements in terms of counterfactual conditionals; by Peter Menzies.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Hole Argument
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The hole argument is an attempt to illustrate how spacetime substantivalism causes errors in a large class of spacetime theories; by John D. Norton.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Time Travel and Modern Physics
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The paradoxes inherent in the idea of time travel are explained in the context of modern physics; by Tim Maudlin.
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Sorites Paradox
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Article in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, by Dominic Hyde.
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Curry's Paradox
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Discussion of a semantic paradox due to Haskell B. Curry; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by J. C. Beall.
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Informal Logic
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Article in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, by Leo Groarke.
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Dialetheism
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A dialetheia is a true contradiction, a statement, A, such that both it and its negation, A, are true. Hence, dialeth(e)ism is the view that there are true contradictions. Dialetheism opposes the so-called Law of Non-Contradiction. By Graham Priest, from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Paraconsistent Logic
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The development of paraconsistent logic was initiated in order to challenge the logical principle that anything follows from contradictory premises, ex contradictione quodlibet. By Koji Tanaka, from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
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Relevance Logic
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Article in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, by Edwin Mares.
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The Identity of Indiscernibles
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Entry by Peter Forrest in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. The principle is due to Leibniz, and states two entities are identical if they share the same properties.
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Relative Identity
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The view that there are objects which are the same F yet not the same G; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Harry Deutsch.
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Vagueness
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Article in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, by Roy Sorensen.
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Properties
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Entry in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy by Chris Swoyer. Principally concerned with existence and identity conditions.
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Coherence Theory of Truth
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The truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James O. Young.
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Deflationary Theory of Truth
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According to the deflationary theory of truth, to assert that a statement is true is just to assert the statement itself. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Daniel Stoljar.
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Identity Theory of Truth
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When a truth-bearer (e.g. a proposition) is true, there is a truth-maker (e.g. a fact) with which it is identical and the truth of the former consists in its identity with the latter. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Stewart Candlish.
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Revision Theory of Truth
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Theory developed in an attempt to analyze paradoxes such as the liar paradox that appear to show that common-sense beliefs about truth are inconsistent. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Eric M. Hammer.
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Correspondence Theory of Truth
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The thesis that propositions are made true in virtue of corresponding to facts; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Marian David.
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Truthlikeness
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Discussion of notion of verisimilitude, closeness to truth; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Graham Oddie.
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Liberalism
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General philosophical theory outlined by Gerald F. Gaus in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Globalization
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William Scheuerman's social theory and philosophical issues on the topic.
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The Nature of Law
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Survey of theories on the conditions of legal validity including natural law theories and legal positivism, from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Voluntary Euthanasia
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A comprehensive entry with background information on the issue.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Dynamic, evolving philosophy reference. Articles include bibliographies for further reading.
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