generative grammar See GRAMMAR.

generic consistency, principle of See UNIVERSALIZ -. ABILIT.

generic sentence See PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE.

genetic epistemology See PIAGET.

genetic fallacy See INFORMAL FALLACY.

genotext See KRISTEVA.

Gentile Giovanni (1875–1944), Italian idealist philosopher and educational reformer. He taught...

genus See DEFINITION.

genus, summum See GENUS GENERALISSIMUM. genus generalissimum (Latin, 'most general genus'), a...

geometric conventionalism See POINCARÉ.

geometry, Euclidean See EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY.

geometry non-Euclidean. See NON -EUCLIDEAN GEOMETR. Gerson, Jean de, original name,...

Gersonides also called Levi ben Gershom (1288–1344), French Jewish philosopher and...

Gesellschaft See SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Gestalt See FIGURE – GROUND, KÖHLER.

Gestalt psychology See KÖHLER.

Gettier problem See EPISTEMOLOGY.

Gettier-style example See EPISTEMOLOGY.

Geulincx Arnold (1624–69), Dutch philosopher. Born in Antwerp, he was educated...

Ghazaalii, al- See AL-GHAZALI.

ghost in the machine See RYLE.

Giles of Rome original name, Egidio Colonna (c.1243–1316), Italian theologian and ecclesiastic. A...

Gilson Étienne (1884–1978), French Catholic philosopher, historian, cofounder of the Pontifical...

Gioberti Vincenzo (1801–52), Italian philosopher and statesman. He was an ordained...

given in epistemology, the 'brute fact' element to be found or...

given, myth of the See SELLARS, WILFRID. Glanvill, Joseph (1636–80), English philosopher and Anglican...

Gleason’s theorem See QUANTUM LOGIC.

global supervenience See SUPERVENIENCE.

gnosticism a dualistic religious and philosophical movement in the early centuries...

goal-directed system See COMPUTER THEORY,. CYBERNETIC.