Philosophy - K - Oxford Bibliographies
Kant and the Laws of Nature
Michela Massimi
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Kant and the Laws of NatureIntroductionImmanuel Kant’s complex and nuanced view on the laws of nature has been at the center of renewed attention amon...
Kant, Immanuel: Aesthetics and Teleology
Paul Guyer
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics and TeleologyIntroductionThe Critique of the Power of Judgment (Kritik der Urteilskraft), published in 1790, was the last of...
Kant, Immanuel: Ethics
Lara Denis
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Immanuel Kant: EthicsIntroductionThe ethical theory of Immanuel Kant (b. 1724–d. 1804) exerted a powerful influence on the subsequent history of philo...
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....
Kierkegaard, Søren
Daniel Watts
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Søren Kierkegaard Introduction Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (b. 1813–d. 1855) left behind an extraordinary body of work that has had a major impact...
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...
Knowledge-first Epistemology
Clayton Littlejohn
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Knowledge-First EpistemologyIntroductionAlthough there has long been a tradition of trying to analyze knowledge in terms of things taken to be more ba...
Knowledge-How
Boleslaw Czarnecki
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Knowledge-HowIntroductionPeople often assess their actions against standards of success and quality. Appreciating non-accidental more than lucky succe...
Kuhn, Thomas S.
K. Brad Wray
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Thomas S. KuhnIntroductionThomas Kuhn (b. 1922–d. 1996) was an American historian and philosopher of science. He completed a Ph.D. in physics at Harva...
Lacan, Jacques
Adrian Johnston
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Jacques LacanIntroductionJacques Marie Émile Lacan (b. 13 April 1901–d. 9 September 1981) arguably is the most creative and influential figure in the ...
Lakatos, Imre
Brendan Larvor, Colin Jakob Rittberg
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Imre LakatosIntroductionImre Lakatos (b. 1922–d. 1974) was a philosopher of mathematics and science. Having left Hungary in 1956, he made his first ap...
Langer, Susanne
Lona Gaikis
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Susanne LangerIntroductionLogician and philosopher of art Susanne K. Langer (b. 1895–d. 1985, née Knauth) has been a rather elusive protagonist in 20t...
Language of Thought
Murat Aydede
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Language of ThoughtIntroductionThe language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) is a foundational and yet largely empirical thesis about how thoughts (as sta...
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 mi...
Latin American Philosophy
Susana Nuccetelli
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Latin American Philosophy Introduction Like Asian philosophy or European philosophy, Latin American philosophy comprises a great number of phi...
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 Epistemology
Georgi Gardiner
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Legal EpistemologyIntroductionLegal practice is up to its neck in epistemology. Legal practice involves proof, evidence, doubt, testimony, arguments, ...
Legal Philosophy
Thom Brooks
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Legal Philosophy Introduction Legal philosophy is about the analytical and normative study of law and legal concepts. This includes questions ...
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...
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Brandon C. Look
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Introduction Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (b. 1646–d. 1716) was one of the greatest of the early modern “rationalist” p...
