Universal simulator See COMPUTER THEORY.

Universal, concrete See HEGEL.

Universality, principle of See UNIVERSALIZABILITY.

Universalizability, principle of See UNIVERSALIZ -. ABILIT.

Universalizability. (1) Since the 1920s, the moral criterion implicit in Kant's...

Universe of discourse the usually limited class of individuals under discussion, whose existence...

Unmoved mover See PRIME MOVER.

Unsaturated See FREGE.

Unsolvability, degree of See DEGREE OF UNSOLV -. ABILIT. Upanishads, a group of...

Use theory of meaning See MEANING, PHILOSOPHY. OF LANGUAG. utilitarianism, the moral theory that...

Use–mention distinction two ways in which terms enter into discourse – used...

Utility See UTILITARIANISM.

Utility function See UTILITARIANISM.

Utility, cardinal See UTILITARIANISM.

Utility, ordinal See UTILITARIANISM.

Utility, transferable See GAME THEORY, UTILITARI -. ANIS.

Uttara Mimamsa See ADVAITA, VEDANTA.

Utterer’s meaning See MEANING.

Vacuous truth See IMPLICATION.

Vagueness a property of an expression in virtue of which it...

Vaihinger Hans (1852–1933), German philosopher best known for Die Philosophie des...

Vair, Guillaume du See DU VAIR.

Valentinianism a form of Christian gnosticism of Alexandrian origin, founded by...

Valentinus (A.D. 100–65), Christian gnostic teacher. He was born in Alexandria,...

Valid having the property that a well-formed formula, argument, argument form,...

Valla Lorenzo (c.1407–57), Italian humanist and historian who taught rhetoric in...

Value the worth of something. Philosophers have discerned these main forms:...

Value of a variable See ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT,. VARIABL. value theory, also called axiology, the...

Value, cognitive See FREGE.

Value, contributive See VALUE.