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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...
Pragmatics
Mitchell S. Green
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Pragmatics Introduction Pragmatics is a branch of the philosophy of language as well as a field of linguistics. Pragmatics is to be distinguish...
Pragmatism
Albert Atkin
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Pragmatism Introduction Pragmatism is, broadly, an approach to philosophy that clusters loosely around a set of themes and a common tradition...
Psychology, Philosophy of
José Luis Bermúdez, Brandon Towl
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Philosophy of Psychology Introduction The philosophy of psychology is, broadly, the investigation of the philosophical foundations of psycho...
Punishment
Thom Brooks
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Punishment Introduction The punishment of criminals is a topic of long-standing philosophical interest since the ancient Greeks. This interest ...
Qualia
Clare E. Batty
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Qualia Introduction You wake up to the sounds of the birds chirping. You open up the curtains and take in the colors of the flowering trees out...
Quietism
Stelios Virvidakis, Vasso Kindi
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Quietism Introduction Quietism in contemporary analytic philosophy is the view or stance that entails avoidance of substantive philosophical t...
Quine, W.V.O.
Gary Kemp
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
W. V. O. Quine Introduction Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908–d. 2000) was the main agenda setter in post–World War II philosophy of language a...
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