Rabad See IBN DAUD.

racetrack paradox See ZENO'S PARADOXES.

racism hostility, contempt, condescension, or prejudice, on the basis of social...

radical translation See INDETERMINACY OF TRANS -. LATIO. Ramanuja (1017?–1137?), Indian philosopher...

ramified type theory See TYPE THEORY.

Ramist movement See RAMUS.

Ramsey Frank Plumpton (1903–30), influential British philosopher of logic and mathematics....

Ramsey-eliminability See BETH'S DEFINABILITY THE-. ORE.

Ramsey sentence See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, PHI -. LOSOPHY OF SCIENC.

Ramsey test See RAMSEY.

Ramus Petrus, in French, Pierre de La Ramée (1515–72), French philosopher...

randomness See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

range See RELATION.

Rashdall Hastings (1858–1924), English historian, theologian, and personal idealist. While acknowledging...

rational choice theory See DECISION THEORY.

rationalism the position that reason has precedence over other ways of...

rationalism, Continental See RATIONALISM.

rationalism, moral See MORAL SENSE THEORY.

rationality. In its primary sense rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried...

rationality, epistemic See IRRATIONALITY.

rationality, instrumental See RATIONALITY.

rationality, practical See RATIONALITY.

rationality, theoretical See RATIONALITY. rationalization, (1) an apparent explanation of a person's...

rational number See MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS.

rational psychology the a priori study of the mind. This was a...

rational reconstruction also called logical reconstruction, translation of a discourse of a...

ratio recta See INDIRECT DISCOURSE.

ratio scale See MAGNITUDE.

ravens paradox See CONFIRMATION.

Rawls John (b.1921), American philosopher widely recognized as one of the...