Ahura Mazda See ZOROASTRIANISM.

Ailly, Pierre d’ See D'AILLY.

aesthetic attitude the appropriate attitude or frame of mind for approaching art...

aesthetic form See AESTHETIC FORMALISM, AES -. THETIC. aesthetic formalism, the view...

aesthetic property a property or quality such as being dainty, garish, graceful,...

aesthetics the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of art...

affirming the consequent See FORMAL FALLACY.

a fortiori argument an argument that moves from the premises that everything which...

African philosophy the philosophy produced by the preliterate cultures of Africa, distinctive...

agama (Sanskrit, 'what has come down'), an authoritative religious text of...

agape unselfish love for all persons. An ethical theory according to...

agathon Greek word meaning 'a good' or 'the good'. From Socrates...

agent-based ethics See VIRTUE ETHICS.

agent causation the idea that the primary cause of an event is...

agent-neutral See UTILITARIANISM.

agent-relative See UTILITARIANISM.

adequacy, material See MATERIAL ADEQUACY.

adequation See HUSSERL.

ad hoc See CURVE-FITTING PROBLEM.

ad hoc hypothesis See CURVE -FITTING PROBLEM.

adhyaatman (Sanskrit, 'relating to or belonging to the self'), in early...

adiaphora See STOICISM.

adicity See DEGREE.

adjunction See CONJUNCTION INTRODUCTION.

Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund (1903–69), German philosopher and aesthetic theorist, one of...

Advaita also called Uttara Mimamsa, in Hinduism, the non-dualistic form of...

adventitious ideas See IDEA.

adverbial theory See PERCEPTION.

Aenesidemus See SKEPTICISM, SKEPTICS.

actuality See POSSIBLE WORLDS.