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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 ...
Kant, Immanuel: Theoretical Philosophy
Eric Watkins
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Immanuel Kant: Theoretical Philosophy Introduction The historical and systematic importance of Kant’s philosophy can hardly be exaggerated....
Knowledge
John Turri
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Knowledge Introduction Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge. Often “epistemology” and “theory of knowledge” are used...
Language of Thought
Murat Aydede
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Language of Thought Introduction The language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) is a foundational and yet largely empirical thesis about how thought...
Language, Philosophy of
Michael P. Wolf
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Philosophy of Language Introduction The term “philosophy of language” is generally used more restrictively than newcomers to the discipline mig...
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...
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