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Laws of Nature
Marc Lange
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Laws of Nature Introduction The discovery of the laws of nature has long been considered a principal aim of science. Of course, many laws that...
Legal Positivism
Michael Sevel, Brian Leiter
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Legal Positivism Introduction Legal positivism is one of the leading philosophical theories of the nature of law, and is characterized by two...
Liberty
Ian Carter
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Liberty Introduction The definition of “liberty” (or “freedom”—most political and social philosophers use these terms interchangeably) is a hi...
Locke, John
Keith Allen
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
John Locke Introduction John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher best known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and political p...
Lottery and Preface Paradoxes, The
Igor Douven
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
The Lottery and Preface Paradoxes Introduction People speak about their own and other people’s beliefs both in categorical terms and in terms ...
Mathematical Explanation
Paolo Mancosu, Christopher Pincock
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Mathematical Explanation Introduction Mathematical explanations are explanations in which mathematics plays a crucial role. There is a rich hi...
Mathematics, Philosophy of
Otávio Bueno
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Philosophy of Mathematics Introduction Philosophy of mathematics is arguably one of the oldest branches of philosophy, and one that bears sig...
Meaning of Life, The
Thaddeus Metz
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
The Meaning of Life Introduction For millennia, thinkers have addressed the question of what, if anything, makes a life meaningful in some form...
Medically Assisted Dying
Robert Young
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Medically Assisted Dying Introduction Although a few noteworthy philosophical contributions were made in the middle of the last century to the ...
Medieval Philosophy
John Marenbon
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Medieval Philosophy Introduction Medieval philosophy includes the four branches of a single tradition, rooted principally in the Platonic-Aris...
Memory
Sven Bernecker, Aaron Bogart
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Memory Introduction Remembering is a fundamental cognitive process, which is involved in virtually all other important cognitive functions,...
Metaethics
Alex Miller
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Metaethics Introduction Metaethics can be described as the philosophical study of the nature of moral judgment. It is concerned with such que...
Metaphilosophy
Yuri Cath
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Metaphilosophy Introduction Often philosophers have reason to ask fundamental questions about the aims, methods, nature, or value of their own ...
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...
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