cabala (from Hebrew qabbala, 'tradition'), a system of Jewish mysticism and...

Caird Edward (1835–1908), Scottish philosopher, a leading absolute idealist. Influential as...

Cajetan original name, Tommaso de Vio (c.1469– 1534), Italian prelate and...

calculi of relations See RELATIONAL LOGIC.

calculus a central branch of mathematics, originally conceived in connection with...

calculus, fluxional See CALCULUS.

calculus, lambda- See COMBINATORY LOGIC,. LAMBDA - CALCULU.

calculus, propositional See FORMAL LOGIC.

calculus, sentential See FORMAL LOGIC.

calculus, sequential See CUT- ELIMINATION THEO -. RE.

calculus of classes See BOOLEAN ALGEBRA.

calculus of individuals See MEREOLOGY.

calculus ratiocinator See LEIBNIZ.

Calvin John (1509–64), French theologian and church reformer, a major figure...

Cambridge change a non-genuine change. If I turn pale, I am changing,...

Cambridge Platonists a group of seventeenthcentury philosopher-theologians at the University of Cambridge,...

Cambridge property See CAMBRIDGE CHANGE.

camera obscura a darkened enclosure that focuses light from an external object...

Campanella Tommaso (1568–1639), Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet. He joined the...

Campbell Norman Robert (1880–1949), British physicist and philosopher of science. A...

Camus Albert (1913–60), French philosophical novelist and essayist who was also...

Canguilhem Georges (1904–96), French historian and philosopher of science. Canguilhem succeeded...

Cantor Georg (1845–1918), German mathematician, one of a number of late...

Cantor’s paradox See SET- THEORETIC PARADOXES.

Cantor’s theorem See CANTOR, CONTINUUM PROB -. LE.

capacity, diminished See DIMINISHED CAPACITY.

capacity responsibility See RESPONSIBILITY.

cardinality See SET-THEORETIC PARADOXES.

cardinal utility See UTILITARIANISM.

cardinal virtues prudence (practical wisdom), courage, temperance, and justice. Medievals deemed them...