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Fictionalism
David Liggins
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Fictionalism Introduction The term “fictionalism” is defined in many different ways. The most common definition is along these lines: fictiona...
Fictionalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Mark Balaguer
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Fictionalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics Introduction Fictionalism (about mathematics) is best thought of as a reaction to platonism (abo...
Film, Philosophy of
Katherine Thomson-Jones
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Philosophy of Film Introduction For almost as long as there have been films, there have been philosophical theories about their art status, in...
Formal Epistemology
Jeffrey Helzner, Vincent F. Hendricks
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Formal Epistemology Introduction Formal epistemology is a fairly recent field of study in philosophy dating back to the end of the 20th cent...
Free Will
Kevin Timpe
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Free Will Introduction Free will is a perennial issue in philosophy, both in terms of the history of philosophy and in contemporary discussio...
God, Arguments for the Existence of
Graham Oppy
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Arguments for the Existence of God Introduction Philosophical discussion of arguments for the existence of God appeared to have become extinct ...
God, The Existence and Attributes of
Trent Dougherty
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
The Existence and Attributes of God Introduction This entry focuses on the contents of the core conversation about God in recent Anglophone ana...
Heaven and Hell
Jonathan L. Kvanvig
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Heaven and Hell Introduction The Western doctrines of heaven and hell have their source in religions of the Abrahamic tradition, involving a co...
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Philosophy of History
David Duquette
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosophy of History Introduction Hegel’s philosophy of history emphasizes the development of freedom and the...
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Philosophy of Politics
Thom Brooks
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosophy of Politics Introduction G. W. F. Hegel is widely considered to be one of the most important phil...
Heidegger, Martin: Early Works
Denis McManus
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Martin Heidegger: Early Works Introduction Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) is often described as one of the great philosophers of the 20th centu...
Hermeneutics
Kristin Gjesdal
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Hermeneutics Introduction The term hermeneutics refers to the interpretation of a given text, speech, or symbolic expression (such as art). Ho...
History, Philosophy of
Daniel Little
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
Philosophy of History Introduction When philosophers have written about “history,” they have often had different and even incompatible goals i...
Human Rights
John-Stewart Gordon
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Human Rights Introduction There is an enormous range of contemporary and rapidly expanding literature on human rights that pervades almost eve...
Hume, David: Moral and Political Philosophy
James A. Harris
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
David Hume: Moral and Political Philosophy Introduction David Hume made a number of significant contributions to moral philosophy, and his id...
Imagination
Peter Lamarque
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Imagination Introduction It is a commonplace to preface discussions of imagination with disclaimers about how unclear the concept is and how...
Impossible Worlds
Ira Kiourti
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Impossible Worlds Introduction The term “impossible worlds” parallels the term “possible worlds” and commonly refers to inconsistent, incomple...
Incommensurability in Science
Eric Oberheim, Paul Hoyningen-Huene
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Incommensurability in Science Introduction In 1962 in independent, influential publications, Thomas S. Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend suggested the ...
Indian Philosophy
Shyam Ranganathan
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Indian Philosophy Introduction The label “Indian philosophy” refers to philosophy that originates from a cultural and linguistic sphere that i...
Intuitions
Jonathan Ichikawa, Ernest Sosa
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Intuitions Introduction Philosophy often proceeds via appeals to intuition. In a prototypical instance, a theory is rejected on the basis of ...
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