British empiricists See RATIONALISM.

Broad C(harlie) D(unbar) (1887–1971), English epistemologist, metaphysician, moral philosopher, and philosopher...

Bruno Giordano (1548–1600), Italian speculative philosopher. He was born in Naples,...

Brunschvicg Léon (1869–1944), French philosopher, an influential professor at the Sorbonne...

Buber Martin (1878–1965), German Jewish philosopher, theologian, and political leader. Buber's...

Buddha (from Sanskrit, 'the enlightened one'), a title (but not a...

Buddhagosa (fourth–fifth century A.D.), Theraveda Buddhist philosopher whose major work was...

Buddhism, Hinayana See BUDDHISM.

Buddhism, Kyo-hak See KOREAN PHILOSOPHY.

Buddhism, Mahayana See BUDDHISM.

Buddhism, Son See KOREAN PHILOSOPHY.

Buddhism, Theravada See BUDDHISM.

Buddhism, Zen See BUDDHISM.

Bundle theory a view that accepts the idea that concrete objects consist...

Bundle theory of the self See BUNDLE THEORY.

Burali-Forte paradox See SET -THEORETIC PARA -. DOXES , SET THEOR. Buridan,...

Buridan’s ass See BURIDAN.

Burke Edmund (1729–97), British statesman and one of the eighteenth century's...

Burley Walter (c.1275–c.1344), English philosopher who taught philosophy at Oxford and...

Business ethics See ETHICS.

Butler Joseph (1692–1752), English theologian and Anglican bishop who made important...

Cabala (from Hebrew qabbala, 'tradition'), a system of Jewish mysticism and...

Caird Edward (1835–1908), Scottish philosopher, a leading absolute idealist. Influential as...

Cajetan original name, Tommaso de Vio (c.1469– 1534), Italian prelate and...

Calculi of relations See RELATIONAL LOGIC.

Calculus a central branch of mathematics, originally conceived in connection with...

Calculus of classes See BOOLEAN ALGEBRA.

Calculus of individuals See MEREOLOGY.

Calculus ratiocinator See LEIBNIZ.

Calculus, fluxional See CALCULUS.