Ubermensch See NIETZSCHE.

Udana See NYAYA-VAISHESIKA.

Unamuno Miguel de (1864–1936), Spanish philosopher, scholar, and writer. Born in...

unary quantifier See PLURALITIVE LOGIC.

uncertainty principle See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE,. QUANTUM MECHANIC.

unexpected examination paradox a paradox about belief and prediction. One version is as...

unified science See UNITY OF SCIENCE.

uniformity of nature a state of affairs thought to be required if induction...

union See SET THEORY.

unconscious See FREUD, JUNG.

uncountable See CANTOR.

undecidable See CONVENTIONALISM.

undefeated See EPISTEMOLOGY.

undemonstrable argument See THEMA. underdetermination, perceptual. See FIGURE – GROUN.

underdetermination, theoretical See OPERATIONAL-. ISM , THEORY -LADE.

underdetermination thesis See PHILOSOPHY OF SCI -. ENC.

understanding See DILTHEY, EXPLANATION, VERSTE-. HE.

understanding, categories of the See KANT.

unitarianism See TRINITARIANISM.

unity, organic See ORGANIC.

unity in diversity in aesthetics, the principle that the parts of the aesthetic...

unity of science a situation in which all branches of empirical science form...

universal See METAPHYSICS.

universal, concrete See HEGEL.

universal characteristic See LEIBNIZ.

universal constructor See SELF -REPRODUCING. AUTOMATO.

universal disposition See DISPOSITION.

universal generalization See UNIVERSAL INSTANTIA-. TIO.

universal grammar See CHOMSKY, GRAMMAR.

universal instantiation also called universal quantifier elimination. (1) The argument form 'Everything...