statement form See LOGICAL FORM.

state of affairs a possibility, actuality, or impossibility of the kind expressed by...

state of nature See HOBBES, LOCKE.

state space See STATE.

state table See TURING MACHINE.

state variable See STATE.

state verb See ACTION VERB.

statistical explanation an explanation expressed in an explanatory argument containing premises and...

statistical independence See PROBABILITY.

statistical law See CAUSAL LAW.

statistical probability See PROBABILITY.

Steiner Rudolf (1861–1925), Austrian spiritualist and founder of anthroposophy. Trained as...

Stephen Sir Leslie (1832–1904), English literary critic, editor, intellectual historian, and...

Stewart, Dugald See SCOTTISH COMMON SENSE PHI-. LOSOPH. Stillingfleet, Edward (1635–99), English...

stipulative definition See DEFINITION.

Stirner Max, pseudonym of Kasper Schmidt (1805–56), German philosopher who proposed...

stochastic process a process that evolves, as time goes by, according to...

Stoicism one of the three leading movements constituting Hellenistic philosophy. Its...

Stoicism, Middle See STOICISM.

stone paradox See PARADOXES OF OMNIPOTENCE.

Stout George Frederick (1860–1944), British psychologist and philosopher. A student of...

St. Petersburg paradox See SAINT PETERSBURG. PARADO.

strategy See GAME THEORY.

Straton See PERIPATETIC SCHOOL.

Strato of Lampsacus (c.335–c.267 B.C.), Greek philosopher and polymath nicknamed 'the Physicist' for...

Strawson Sir Peter (b.1919), British philosopher who has made major contributions...

strict conditional See COUNTERFACTUALS, IMPLICA-. TIO.

strict duty See KANT.

strict identity See IDENTITY.

strict implication See IMPLICATION.