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Humanism
Brief article on Erasmus and the Italian humanist movement.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/humanism.htm
Capital Punishment
The issue of capital punishment involves determining whether the execution of criminals is ever justified.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/capitalp.htm
Eclecticism
Group of ancient philosophers who sought to reach by selection the highest degree of probability in the search for truth.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/eclectic.htm
Berkeley, George
Influential 18th century Irish philosopher.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/berkeley.htm
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John
18th century Tory disciple of Locke.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/bolingbr.htm
Stilpo
4th century BCE member of the Megarean school.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stilpo.h...
Antisthenes
Athenian philosopher and founder of the Cynic sect who was born around 440 BCE.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/antisthe.htm
Aenesidemus
Biography of the 1st century philosopher who defended the ten tropes of skepticism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aeneside.htm
Bacon, Francis
16th century philosopher and politician.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/bacon.htm
German Idealism
The German reaction to empiricism, including related theories of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and others.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/germidea.htm
Zeno of Elea
5th century BCE Eleatic philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/z/zenoelea...
Skepticism, Ancient Greek
A description of skepticism in Ancient Greece, led by Pyrrho.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/skepanci...
Dewey, John
Leading light of the 20th century American school of thought known as pragmatism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/dewey.htm
Locke, John
Article on the life and work of the influential philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.ht...
God, Western Concepts of
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on God from Socrates to Nietzsche.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/god-west.htm
Berlin Circle
Group of academics who gathered round Hans Reichenbach in late 1920s and later joined up with the Vienna Circle.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/berlinci.htm
Menippus
Third century BCE Greek philosopher and satirist.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/menippus...
Bentham, Jeremy
Extensive article on the 18th century 'founder' of utilitarianism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/bentham.htm
Social Contract Theory
View that morality is based on social agreements that serve the interests of those who make the agreement.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/s/soc-cont.htm
Warburton, William
18th century Church of England bishop, and critic of the Deists.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/w/warburto...
Helvetius, Claude Adrien
One of the 18th century Encyclopedists who held the skeptical and materialistic views common to that school of philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/helvetiu.htm
Evolution
Introduces evolution through the ages, from the ancient Greeks, through Leibniz and Descartes to Darwin and Spencer.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/evolutio.htm
Moral Philosophy
Introduction to ethics, with links to other articles at the IEP.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/ethics.h...
Stoicism
Description of the system of ethics, popular in Ancient Greece, which has physics as its foundation.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stoicism...
Euclides
4th century BCE native of Megara, and founder of the Megarian or Eristic sect.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/euclides.htm
Hippias
Hippias was a sophist, a contemporary of Socrates, and an enthusiast for universality.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hippias.htm
Thales
Detailed biographical essay on the Ancient Greek philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/thales.h...
Shaftesbury, Earl of
Patron of John Locke
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/shaftes....
Synderesis
Scholastic philosophy describes this as the principle in moral consciousness which directs an agent to good.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/synderes...
Anaxagoras
Greek philosopher born about 500 BCE, responsible for giving philosophy a home at Athens and the first philosopher to introduce a spiritual principle which gives matter life and form.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaxagor.htm
Ferrier, James Frederick
The earliest absolute idealist in English philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/ferrier.htm
Hume, David
Enormously influential 18th century Scottish philosopher. Author of Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740).
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/humelife.htm
Cyrenaics
Description of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy, which flourished from the 5th-3rd centuries BCE. The Cyrenaics were skeptics and hedonists.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/cyren.htm
Cleanthes
Stoic philosopher of Assus in Lydia, disciple of Zeno of Citium.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/cleanthe.htm
Neoplatonism
The revival of Greek philosophy in 3rd century BCE, led by Plotinus and his disciple, Porphyry. Influenced by both Pythagoras and Plato.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/n/neoplato...
Chinese Room Argument
John Searle's thought experiment is one of the best known counters to claims of artificial intelligence.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/chineser.htm
Anaxarchus
4th century BCE philosopher of Abdera, from the school of Democritus.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaxarch.htm
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?
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/moralluc...
Academy
Description of the philosophical institution founded by Plato, which advocated skepticism in succeeding generations.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/academy.htm
Anaximander
Greek philosopher of Miletus, born 611 BCE who thought it unnecessary to fix upon air, water, or fire as the original and primary form of body.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaximan.htm
Sophists
Teachers of philosophy in Ancient Greece, including Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus and Hippias.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/sophists...
Hölderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich
Examines the poet's role in the development of German Idealism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/holderli.htm
Egoism, Psychological and Ethical
Maintains that the individual self is the motivating moral force and the end of moral action.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/egoism.htm
Huxley, Thomas Henry
19th century zoologist and advocate of Darwinism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/huxley.htm
Cumberland, Richard
17th century critic of Hobbes and the neo-Platonists.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/cumberla.htm
Epicurus
4th century BCE materialist, empiricist, and hedonist. One of the major philosophers of the Hellenistic period.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/epicur.htm
Renaissance
Brief article on the transition between middle ages and modernity.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/renaiss....
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Detailed essay on the life and work of the 20th century philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/w/wittgens...
Democritus
4th century BCE philosopher of Abdera who expanded the atomic theory of Leucippus.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/democrit.htm
Epictetus
Eminent Stoic philosopher, born as a slave at Hieropolis in Phyrgia in 55 CE.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/epictetu.htm
Hodgson, Shadworth
Follower of Kant, founder of the Aristotelian Society.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hodgson.htm
Hartmann, Karl Robert Eduard Von
19th century German philosopher who attempted to combine the idea of Hegel with the will of Schopenhauer in 'spiritual monism.'
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hartmann.htm
Mill, John Stuart
19th leader and prophet of utilitarianism, heir to the Hume-Bentham line, and influential force in modern political theory. Author of On Liberty (1859), and Utilitarianism (1863).
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/milljs.h...
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann
19th century German philosopher who criticised the pantheism of Hegel.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/lotze.ht...
Demonax
Philosopher of the second century CE. who tried to revive the philosophy of the Cynic School.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/demonax.htm
Rights, Human
A treatment of the origins and development of the theory of human rights, with philosophical analysis, justifications, and criticisms.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/hum-rts....
Voluntarism
Theory that God or the ultimate nature of reality is conceived as some form of will.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/v/voluntar...
Symposium
Drinking-parties in Ancient Greece where the guests reclined on couches, and were crowned with garlands of flowers.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/symposiu...
Diogenes of Sinope
4th cn. BCE cynic philosopher of Sinope.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/diogsino.htm
Chrysippus
Prolific stoic of Soli, and disciple of Cleanthes.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/chrysipp.htm
Virtue Theory
View that morality is the development of or virtues.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/v/virtue.h...
Diogenes Laertius
3rd century biographer of ancient Greek philosophers.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/dioglaer.htm
Xenophon
Pupil of Socrates, who contributed to the record of his life.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/x/xenophon...
Leucippus
5th century BCE founder of atomism.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/leucippu...
Diogenes of Apollonia
Pupil of Anaximenes and contemporary of Anaxagoras in the 6th cn. BCE.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/diogapol.htm
Skepticism, Contemporary
Introduction to the current discussion of skepticism.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/skepcont...
Spinoza, Benedict
17th century pantheist, critic of Descartes.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/spinoza....
Hamilton, William
19th century exponent of the Scottish common-sense philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hamilton.htm
Positivism, Legal
Theory that law is manufactured according to certain social conventions.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/legalpos...
Peripatetics
Brief history of the Peripatetic doctrines.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/peripati...
Behaviorism
Theory in philosophy of mind which maintains that talk of mental events should be translated into talk about observable behavior.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/behavior.htm
Solovyov, Vladimir
19th century Russian philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/solovyov...
Butler, Joseph
18th century icon of a highly intellectualized theology.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/butler.htm
Interventionism
Examines the nature and justifications of interfering with another polity or choices made by individuals.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/i/interven.htm
Lombard, Peter
French scholastic theologian of the 12th century, influenced by Abelard.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/lombard....
Anaximenes
5th century BCE Greek philosopher of Miletus who regarded 'air' as the primary form of body.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaximen.htm
Timon
3rd century BCE disciple of Pyrrho.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/timon.ht...
Encyclopedists
Group of French philosophers and men of letters who collaborated in the production of the famous Encyclopedie.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/encyclop.htm
Ockham, William of
Detailed biography of the 14th century Franciscan.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/o/ockham.h...
Solipsism
The doctrine of the solipsist is that existence means my existence and that of my mental states.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/solipsis...
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.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/s/stoicmind.htm
Anselm
11th century English prelate who developed views of atonement and satisfaction which are still held by orthodox theologians.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anselm.htm
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
One of the major figures in German philosophy in the period between Kant and Hegel.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fichtejg.htm
Emanation
The theory that all derived or secondary things flow from the primary.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/emanatio.htm
Hobbes, Thomas
17th century British philosopher. Author of Leviathan (1651).
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hobmoral.htm
Plato
Biography and description of the philosophy of Plato.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/plato.ht...
Roman Philosophy
Short introduction to Roman philosophy from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/romanphi...
Parmenides
Greek philosopher and poet.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/parmenid...
Aquinas, Thomas
The life and work of the major figure in scholastic philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aquinas.htm
Identity Theory
Form of monistic materialism which maintains that mental states and brain activities are identical.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/i/identity.htm
Augustine
Extensive article on the life and work of the 4th century ecclesiastical author.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/augustin.htm
Bakhtin Circle
School of Russian thought centered on the work of Bakhtin which focused on questions of signification in artistic creation.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/bakhtin.htm
Deism, English
Explores the deism of Hobbes, Locke, Tindal, and the influence of Hume.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismeng.htm
Truth
Philosophical theories on the nature of truth, by Bradley Dowden and Norman Swartz.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/truth.ht...
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.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/v/viennaci...
Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Natural Law
Definition and explanation of natural law theory with bibliography.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/n/natlaw.h...
Shpet, Gustav
Leading proponent of Russian transcendental phenomenology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/shpet.ht...
Russell's Paradox
Examines self-referential linguistics used to describe properties and sets.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/par-russ...
Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich
18th century German philosopher, famous for effective criticism of Kant.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/j/jacobi.h...
Cudworth, Ralph
17th century 'Cambridge Platonist' who fought for preservation of religious ideals, including divine illumination.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/cudwor.htm
Paley, William
18th century British theologian.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/paley.ht...
Heraclitus
5th century BCE. Presocratic Greek philosopher.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/heraclit.htm
Pythagoras
The 6th century BCE philosopher.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pythagor...
Stirling, James Hutchison
19th century British Idealist, Hegelian academic.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stirling...
Eckhart, Meister
13th century Dominican mystic who was almost forgotten until Franz von Baader revived his memory in the nineteenth century.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/eckhart.htm
Active Powers
The capacities of impulse and desire which lead to or determine human action, as described by 18th and 19th century Scottish common sense philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/activepo.htm
Origen
Father of the early Church, born around 182.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/o/origen.h...
Hegelians, St. Louis
19th century group of amateur American philosophers founded and led by William Torrey Harris.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hstlouis.htm
Husserl, Edmund
Leader of the German phenomenological movement.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/husserl.htm
Animals and Ethics
Consideration of moral status of non-human animals.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anim-eth.htm
Aristotle
The life and work of the 4th century BCE Greek philosopher.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aristotl.htm
Stephen, Leslie
19th century British academic.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stephen....
Poincaré, Jules Henri
19th century French philosopher of science.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/poincare...
Deism, French
The deism of Voltaire and Rousseau.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismfre.htm
Davidson, Donald
Introduction to one of the most significant philosophers concerned with philosophy of mind and action of the 20th/21st century.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/davidson.htm
Protagoras
Early Greek sophist.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/protagor...
Lucretius
Roman poet and advocate of Epicurean philosophy.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/lucretiu...
Xenophanes
Eleatic school, powerful 6th century BCE critic of polytheism.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/x/x-phanes...
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
18th century French author of the Social Contract, influential during the French Revolution.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/rousseau...
Theophrastus
Philosopher of the Peripatetic school, successor to Aristotle at the Lyceum.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/theophra...
Plotinus
3rd century CE founder of Neo-Platonism.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/plotinus...
Hempel, Carl Gustav
A leading member of logical positivism, the German philosopher died in 1997.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hempel.htm
Aristippus
Description of the life and teachings of the philosopher Aristippus, founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aristip.htm
Empedocles
5th century BCE philosopher who combined medical study with Orphic mysticism.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/empedocl.htm
Gorgias
Greek sophist and rhetorician, known as "the Nihilist," born in 483 BCE.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/gorgias.htm
Fichte, Immanuel Hermann
Aimed to secure a philosophical basis for the personality of God.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fichteih.htm
Caird, Edward
Nineteenth century Scottish philosopher who was one of the key figures of the idealist movement that dominated British philosophy from 1870 until the mid 1920s.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/caird.htm
Greek Philosophy
The philosophical currents of Ancient Greek philosophy are introduced, from the Presocratic philosophers through to Proclus.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/greekphi.htm
Reichenbach, Hans
Leading German philosopher of science, and logical positivist.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/reichenb...
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward
17th century historian, poet (brother of George), and philosopher. Sought to determine the nature and standard of truth, and conditions of knowledge. Precursor of the philosophy of Common Sense.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/herbert.htm
Prodicus
5th century BCE sophist, possibly a mentor of Socrates
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/prodicus...
Just War Theory
Some of those who have attempted to justify war include Aquinas, Grotius, and Pufendorf.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/j/justwar....
Damon
5th century BCE Pythagorean philosopher of Syracuse.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/damon.htm
Carnap, Rudolf
Extensive article about his life and work, by Mauro Murzi.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/carnap.htm
Time
Long article about questions of time, as discussed through the history of philosophy.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/time.htm
Diderot, Denis
The most prominent of the French Encyclopedists and one of the leaders of the Enlightenment.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/diderot.htm
Descartes, René
Early modern philosopher who rejected religious authority in the quest for scientific and philosophical knowledge.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/descarte.htm
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.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/freud.htm
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1st century BCE Roman orator and philosopher of the New Academy.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/cicero.htm
Natural Theology
Used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to describe knowledge of God drawn from nature.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/n/nattheol...
Pyrrho
4th century BCE founder of the Greek school of skepticism.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pyrrho.h...
Beccaria, Cesare
18th century aristocrat whose work 'On Crimes and Punishments (1764)' inspired reform in the Italian criminal justice system.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/beccaria.htm
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