Cratylus Zeyl See PRE-SOCRATICS.

creation ex nihilo the act of bringing something into existence from nothing. According...

creationism acceptance of the early chapters of Genesis taken literally. Genesis...

creationism, theological See PREEXISTENCE.

credibility See CARNAP.

Crescas Hasdai (d.1412), Spanish Jewish philosopher, theologian, and statesman. He was...

criteriological connection See CRITERION.

criteriology See MERCIER.

criterion broadly, a sufficient condition for the presence of a certain...

criterion, problem of the See PROBLEM OF THE CRI-. TERIO.

Critical idealism See KANT.

critical legal studies a loose assemblage of legal writings and thinkers in the...

critical philosophy See BROAD, KANT.

Critical Realism a philosophy that at the highest level of generality purports...

critical theory any social theory that is at the same time explanatory,...

Croce Benedetto (1866–1952), Italian philosopher. He was born at Pescasseroli, in...

crucial experiment a means of deciding between rival theories that, providing parallel...

Crusius Christian August (1715–75), German philosopher, theologian, and a devout Lutheran...

Cudworth Damaris, Lady Masham (1659– 1708), English philosopher and author of...

Cudworth, Ralph See CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS,. HYLOZOIS.

cultural relativism See RELATIVISM.

Culverwel, Nathaniel See CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS.

Cumberland Richard (1631–1718), English philosopher and bishop. He wrote a Latin...

cum hoc ergo propter hoc See INFORMAL FAL -. LACY.

Cursus Coninbricensis See FONSECA.

curve-fitting problem the problem of making predictions from past observations by fitting...

Cusa See NICHOLAS OF CUSA.

Cusanus See NICHOLAS OF CUSA.

cut, Dedekind See DEDEKIND.

cut-elimination theorem a theorem stating that a certain type of inference rule...