temperance See CARDINAL VIRTUES.

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

temporal becoming See TIME.

term, minor See SYLLOGISM.

Telesio Bernardino (1509–88), Italian philosopher whose early scientific empiricism influenced Francis...

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

term, transcendental See TRANSCENDENTALS.

term See RELATION, RUSSELL, SYLLOGISM.

tense logic an extension of classical logic introduced by Arthur Prior (Past,...

term, observation See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

tensed identity See IDENTITY.

template See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

term, major See SYLLOGISM.

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

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

telepathy See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

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

teleological law See CAUSAL LAW.

teleological explanation See TELEOLOGY.

telekinesis See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

teleological argument See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

teleofunctionalism See FODOR.

teleological ethics See ETHICS.

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

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

Tarski’s (T) schema See TRUTH.

Tarskian semantics See FORMAL SEMANTICS.

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

Tarskian biconditional See CONVENTION T, TARSKI.

Tarski’s theorem See SEMANTIC PARADOXES.