Copernican revolution See KANT.

copula in logic, a form of the verb 'to be' that...

copulatio See PROPRIETATES TERMINORUM.

Cordemoy Géraud de (1626–84), French philosopher and member of the Cartesian...

corner quotes See CORNERS.

corners also called corner quotes, quasi-quotes, a notational device (] ^)...

corrective justice See JUSTICE.

correlativity See POLARITY, RIGHTS.

correspondence theory of truth See TRUTH. corresponding conditional (of a given argument), any conditional...

corrigibility See PRIVILEGED ACCESS.

cosmological argument See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

cosmology See METAPHYSICS.

cost–benefit analysis See DECISION THEORY.

countable See SET THEORY.

counterdomain See RELATION.

counterexample See COUNTERINSTANCE.

counterfactual analysis of causation See CAUSA -. TIO. counterfactuals, also called contrary-to-fact conditionals, subjunctive...

counteridenticals See COUNTERFACTUALS.

counterinstance also called counterexample. (1) A particular instance of an argument...

count noun a noun that can occur syntactically (a) with quantifiers 'each',...

courage See CARDINAL VIRTUES.

Cournot Antoine-Augustin (1801–77), French mathematician and economist. A critical realist in...

Cousin Victor (1792–1867), French philosopher who set out to merge the...

covering law model the view of scientific explanation as a deductive argument which...

Craig reduct See CRAIG'S INTERPOLATION THEOREM.

Craig’s interpolation theorem a theorem for firstorder logic: if a sentence y of...

Craig’s theorem See CRAIG'S INTERPOLATION THEO -. RE.

Crates of Thebes See CYNICS.

Crates the Cynic See CYNICS.

Cratylus of Athens See HERACLITUS.