Mental Representation
According to the Representational Theory of Mind, psychological states are to be understood as relations between agents and mental representations. By David Pitt, CUNY.
Modal Fictionalism
Survey of the view that claims of necessity and possibility are to be construed as fictional claims; by Daniel Nolan.
Modal Logic
Originally the study of deductive behavior of the expressions `it is necessary that' and `it is possible that', now also includes logics for belief, tense, the deontic (moral) expr…
Moral Dilemmas
Discusses cases of conflicting moral requirements; by Terrance McConnell.
Moral Particularism
The claim that there are no defensible moral principles; by Jonathan Dancy.
Moral Responsibility
Historical survey of the concept of moral responsibility; by Andrew Eshleman.
Moral Skepticism
Survey of forms of scepticism about moral knowledge; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
Multiple Realizability
John Bickle discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds.
Naturalism in Legal Philosophy
Discusses naturalistic theses in the philosophy of law; by Brian Leiter.
Naturalized Epistemology
The view that epistemology is of one piece with natural science; by Richard Feldman.
Nicolas Malebranche
Life and work of French Cartesian philosopher; by Tad Schmaltz.
Omnipotence
The theistic thesis that God has maximal power; by Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz.
On The Nature of Law
Survey of theories on the conditions of legal validity including natural law theories and legal positivism; by Andrei Marmor.
Ontological Arguments
Ontological arguments are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists, from premisses which are supposed to derive from some source other than observation of the world. From the…
Original Position
The original position is a hypothetical situation in which rational calculators, acting as agents or trustees for the interests of concrete individuals, are pictured as choosing th…
Panpsychism
The doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe; by William Seager.
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