subsumption theory of explanation See COVERING. LAW MODE.

substitutability salva veritate See SUBSTITUTIVITY. SALVA VERITAT.

substantivalism See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

substratum See BERKELEY, SUBSTANCE.

substitutivity salva veritate a condition met by two expressions when one is substitutable...

summum bonum (Latin 'highest good'), that in relation to which all other things...

sufficient condition See CONDITION.

suicide, assisted See BIOETHICS.

subset See SET THEORY.

subsistence (translation of German Bestand), in current philosophy, especially Meinong's system,...

sublation See HEGEL.

subsidiarity a basic principle of social order and the common good...

subject–object dichotomy the distinction between thinkers and what they think about. The...

subjunctive conditional See COUNTERFACTUALS.

substance, primary See ARISTOTLE.

sub specie aeternitatis See SPINOZA. substance, as defined by Aristotle in the Categories,...

substance causation See AGENT CAUSATION.

substantialism the view that the primary, most fundamental entities are substances,...

substantival causation See CAUSATION.

substantial form See FORM, HYLOMORPHISM.

substance, secondary See ARISTOTLE.

sublime a feeling brought about by objects that are infinitely large...

substance-function See T'I, YUNG.

Sturm und Drang See GOETHE.

subject See GRAMMAR, LOGICAL SUBJECT.

subcontrary See SQUARE OF OPPOSITION.

subdoxastic pertaining to states of mind postulated to account for the...

subjectivism any philosophical view that attempts to understand in a subjective...

subaltern See SQUARE OF OPPOSITION.

Suárez Francisco, also known as Doctor Eximius (1548–1617), Spanish Jesuit philosopher...