T’ang Chün-i (1909–78), Chinese philosopher, a leading contemporary New Confucian and cofounder,...

T’an Ssu-t’ung (1864–98), Chinese philosopher of the late Ching dynasty, a close...

tao Chinese term meaning 'path', 'way', 'account'. From the sense of...

tao-hsin jen-hsin, Chinese terms used by Neo- Confucian philosophers to contrast...

Taoism a Chinese philosophy identified with the Tao-chia (School of the...

Tao Te Ching See LAO TZU.

tao-t’ung Chinese term meaning 'the orthodox line of transmission of the...

Tarski Alfred (1901–83), Polish-born American mathematician, logician, and philosopher of logic...

Tarskian biconditional See CONVENTION T, TARSKI.

Tarskian satisfaction See SATISFACTION.

Tarskian semantics See FORMAL SEMANTICS.

Tarski’s theorem See SEMANTIC PARADOXES.

Tarski’s (T) schema See TRUTH.

task verb See ACTION VERB.

tautology a proposition whose negation is inconsistent, or (self-) contradictory, e.g....

Taylor Charles (b.1931), Canadian philosopher and historian of modernity. Taylor was...

te Chinese rm meaning 'moral charisma' or 'virtue'. In its earliest...

techne (Greek, 'art', 'craft'), a human skill based on general principles...

Teichmüller Gustav (1832–88), German philosopher who contributed to the history of...

Teilhard de Chardin Pierre (1881–1955), French paleontologist, Jesuit priest, and philosopher. His philosophical...

telekinesis See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

teleofunctionalism See FODOR.

teleological argument See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

teleological ethics See ETHICS.

teleological explanation See TELEOLOGY.

teleological law See CAUSAL LAW.

teleological suspension of the ethical See KIERKE -. GAAR. teleology, the philosophical doctrine that all...

telepathy See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

telishment punishment of one suspected of wrongdoing, but whom the authorities...

telos ancient Greek term meaning 'end' or 'purpose'. Telos is a...