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Metaphysics, Contemporary
Allan Hazlett
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Contemporary Metaphysics Introduction There is no general agreement or consensus about how to define metaphysics. The word itself derives f...
Mind, Metaphysics of
Darragh Byrne
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Metaphysics of Mind Introduction Philosophy of mind addresses fundamental questions about mental or psychological phenomena. The question he...
Modal Epistemology
Kelly Becker
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Modal Epistemology IntroductionModal epistemologies aim to explicate the necessary link between belief and truth that constitutes knowledge. This stra...
Modality
Scott A. Shalkowski
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Modality Introduction The problems of modality––the modes of being or modes of truth––have a long history, stretching back at least as far as t...
Modularity
Edouard Machery
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Modularity Introduction One of the liveliest debates within cognitive science and the philosophy of psychology concerns the extent to which, an...
Moral Responsibility
Garrath Williams
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Moral Responsibility Introduction Moral responsibility relates to many significant topics in ethics and metaphysics, such as the conten...
Music, Analytic Philosophy of
Stephen Davies
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Analytic Philosophy of Music Introduction Analytic philosophy, with its emphasis on clear, topic-based argument, is usually dated to the early...
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Brian Leiter
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Friedrich Nietzsche Introduction Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) is one of the major figures of 19th-century European philosophy, whose influ...
Nonexistent Objects
Jody Azzouni
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Nonexistent Objects Introduction The issues that nonexistent entities pose for metaphysics and philosophy of language are among the oldest in ...
Normative Ethics
Alan Thomas
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Normative Ethics Introduction Normative ethics is the branch of philosophy that theorizes the content of our moral judgments or, as a limiting c...
Normative Foundations, Philosophy of Law:
John Oberdiek
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Philosophy of Law: Normative Foundations Introduction This article on the philosophy of law focuses on contemporary discussions of law’s norma...
Other Minds
Anita Avramides
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Other Minds Introduction The problem of other minds is a curiously neglected one in contemporary philosophy. The reasons for this are themse...
Peirce, Charles Sanders
Albert Atkin
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Charles Sanders Peirce Introduction Charles Sanders Peirce (b. 1839–d. 1914) was a polymathic but influential thinker who is widely regarded...
Perception, The Problem of
Matthew Nudds
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
The Problem of Perception Introduction Sense perception provides (or seems to provide) a direct awareness of our environment and the things in i...
Personal Identity
Eric Olson
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Personal Identity Introduction The term “personal identity” means different things to different people. Psychologists use it to refer to a pers...
Phenomenology
Shaun Gallagher
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Phenomenology Introduction Phenomenology is a philosophical tradition originating in the 20th century with the work of Edmund Husserl (b. 1859–...
Plato
Timothy Chappell
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Plato Introduction In the words of Alfred North Whitehead’s famous overstatement of the case: “The safest general characterization of the E...
Political Obligation
Ned Dobos
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Political Obligation Introduction There are good, prudential reasons to obey the law. The prospect of punishment, not to mention loss of reput...
Political Philosophy
Keith Hyams, Igor Shoikhedbrod
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Political Philosophy Introduction Political philosophy is that branch of philosophy concerned with political morality and associated concepts. ...
Practical Reason
Jussi Suikkanen
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Practical Reason Introduction Practical reason is the mental faculty that enables agents to deliberate about what they ought to do and to act o...
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