Pascal's wager
An argument due to Blaise Pascal for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe, in God. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Alan Hájek.
Paul Feyerabend
Biographical and expository essay by John Preston of Reading University.
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
Life and work of French Enlightenment philosoher; by Michael LeBuffe.
Personal Autonomy
Survey of philosophical theories about what it is to govern oneself; by Sarah Buss.
Personal Identity
How does a person stay the same person over time? By Eric T. Olson.
Peter John Olivi
Life and work of one of the most original and interesting philosophers of the later Middle Ages. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Robert Pasnau.
Peter of Spain (Petrus Hispanus)
Life and work of 13th century logician and author of the Tractatus; by Joke Spruyt.
Philip the Chancellor
Life and work of this 13th-century philosopher, theologian, and lyric poet. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Colleen McCluskey.
Philosophy and Christian Theology
Discussion of philosophical implications of Christian theological views; by Michael Murray.
Philosophy for Children
Discusses introduction of philosophy into the school curriculum; by Michael Pritchard.
Philosophy of Childhood
The philosophy of childhood takes up philosophically interesting questions about childhood, about conceptions people have of childhood and attitudes they have toward children; by G…
Physicalism
Discussion of the thesis that everything is physical; by Daniel Stoljar.
Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology
Discussion of Plato's views on metaphysics and the theory of knowledge, including his theory of forms; by Allan Silverman.
Principia Mathematica
Entry by A.D. Irvine discussing Russell and Whitehead's treatise.
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