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Cyrenaics Cyrenaics
Cyrenaics- Description of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy, which flourished from the 5th-3rd centuries BCE. The Cyrenaics were skeptics and hedonists. ...
Fichte, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Immanuel Hermann
Fichte, Immanuel Hermann- Aimed to secure a philosophical basis for the personality of God. ...
Freud, Sigmund Freud, Sigmund
Freud, Sigmund- Lenghty article on the father of psychoanalysis who is generally recognised as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century. ...
German Idealism German Idealism
German Idealism- The German reaction to empiricism, including related theories of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and others. ...
God, Western Concepts of God, Western Concepts of
God, Western Concepts of- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on God from Socrates to Nietzsche. ...
Hegelians, St. Louis Hegelians, St. Louis
Hegelians, St. Louis- 19th century group of amateur American philosophers founded and led by William Torrey Harris. ...
Heraclitus Heraclitus
Heraclitus- 5th century BCE. Presocratic Greek philosopher. ...
Identity Theory Identity Theory
Identity Theory- Form of monistic materialism which maintains that mental states and brain activities are identical. ...
Interventionism Interventionism
Interventionism- Examines the nature and justifications of interfering with another polity or choices made by individuals. ...
Encyclopedists Encyclopedists
Encyclopedists- Group of French philosophers and men of letters who collaborated in the production of the famous Encyclopedie. ...
Stoic Philosophy of Mind Stoic Philosophy of Mind
Stoic Philosophy of Mind- Description of the philosophy of Mind of the Stoics, including the relationship between mind and body, perception, action-theory, and emotion. ...
University of Delaware University of Delaware
University of Delaware- Department of Philosophy - Newark, Delaware - BA ...
Moral Luck Moral Luck
Moral Luck- Andrew Latus, St. Francis Xavier University, summarizes the discussion between Thomas Nagel and Bernard Williams on the question: Can luck ever make a moral difference? ...
Neoplatonism Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism- The revival of Greek philosophy in 3rd century BCE, led by Plotinus and his disciple, Porphyry. Influenced by both Pythagoras and Plato. ...
Solipsism Solipsism
Solipsism- The doctrine of the solipsist is that existence means my existence and that of my mental states. ...
Peripatetics Peripatetics
Peripatetics- Brief history of the Peripatetic doctrines. ...
Pyrrho Pyrrho
Pyrrho- 4th century BCE founder of the Greek school of skepticism. ...
Roman Philosophy Roman Philosophy
Roman Philosophy- Short introduction to Roman philosophy from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ...
Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of
Shaftesbury, Earl of- Patron of John Locke ...
Skepticism, Ancient Greek Skepticism, Ancient Greek
Skepticism, Ancient Greek- A description of skepticism in Ancient Greece, led by Pyrrho. ...
Skepticism, Contemporary Skepticism, Contemporary
Skepticism, Contemporary- Introduction to the current discussion of skepticism. ...
Solovyov, Vladimir Solovyov, Vladimir
Solovyov, Vladimir- 19th century Russian philosopher. ...
Sophists Sophists
Sophists- Teachers of philosophy in Ancient Greece, including Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus and Hippias. ...
Stoicism Stoicism
Stoicism- Description of the system of ethics, popular in Ancient Greece, which has physics as its foundation. ...
Symposium Symposium
Symposium- Drinking-parties in Ancient Greece where the guests reclined on couches, and were crowned with garlands of flowers. ...
Synderesis Synderesis
Synderesis- Scholastic philosophy describes this as the principle in moral consciousness which directs an agent to good. ...
Rights, Human Rights, Human
Rights, Human- A treatment of the origins and development of the theory of human rights, with philosophical analysis, justifications, and criticisms. ...
Vienna Circle Vienna Circle
Vienna Circle- Organised the development of logical positivism in the 1920s. Included Carnap, Feigl, Frank, Gödel, Hahn, Kraft, Neurath, Waismann. Popper and Wittgenstein also had association with the Vienna Circle. ...
Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich
Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich- 18th century German philosopher, famous for effective criticism of Kant. ...
Leucippus Leucippus
Leucippus- 5th century BCE founder of atomism. ...
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Wittgenstein, Ludwig- Detailed essay on the life and work of the 20th century philosopher. ...
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann Lotze, Rudolf Hermann
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann- 19th century German philosopher who criticised the pantheism of Hegel. ...
Natural Law Natural Law
Natural Law- Standards that govern human behavior objectively derived from the nature of human beings. ...
Liberalism Liberalism
Liberalism- Gerald F. Gaus outlines the general philosophical theory of liberalism. ...
Action Action
Action- Theories about intentional action and agency; by George Wilson. ...
Actualism Actualism
Actualism- The thesis that there are no merely possible entities; by Christopher Menzel. ...
The Modern History of Computing The Modern History of Computing
The Modern History of Computing- Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland. ...
Turing Machine Turing Machine
Turing Machine- Article on Turing Machines from the Stanford Encyclopedia. ...
The Turing Test The Turing Test
The Turing Test- Proposal due to Alan Turing for a criterion of the presence of mind or consciousness; by Graham Oppy and David Dowe. ...
Prisoner's Dilemma Prisoner's Dilemma
Prisoner's Dilemma- By Steven T. Kuhn of Georgetown University. ...
Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri- Life and work of 13th century Italian poet and philosopher; by Winthrop Wetherbee. ...
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards- Life and work of 18th century American philosophical theologian; by William Wainwright. ...
Confucius Confucius
Confucius- The life and work of the Chinese philosopher and educator; by Jeffrey Riegel. ...
René Descartes' Life and Works René Descartes' Life and Works
René Descartes' Life and Works- Life and work of 17th century French philosopher; by Kurt Smith. ...
Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics
Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics- By Lawrence Sklar. ...
Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics- Describes Everett's attempt to solve the measurement problem by dropping the collapse dynamics from the standard von Neumann-Dirac theory of quantum mechanics. B ...
Measurement in Quantum Theory Measurement in Quantum Theory
Measurement in Quantum Theory- Study of the details and some of the implications of the measurement problem. By Henry Krips of the University of Pittsburgh. ...
The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics- First interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Nields Bohr; by Jan Faye. ...
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics- Interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Hugh Everett according to which many universes exist in parallel at the same space and time; by Lev Vaidman. ...
Relational Quantum Mechanics Relational Quantum Mechanics
Relational Quantum Mechanics- An interpretation of quantum theory which discards the notions of absolute state of a system, absolute value of its physical quantities, or absolute event; by Federico Laudisa and Carlo Rove ...

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