Techne (Greek, 'art', 'craft'), a human skill based on general principles...

Teichmüller Gustav (1832–88), German philosopher who contributed to the history of...

Teilhard de Chardin Pierre (1881–1955), French paleontologist, Jesuit priest, and philosopher. His philosophical...

Telekinesis See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

Teleofunctionalism See FODOR.

Teleological argument See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

Teleological ethics See ETHICS.

Teleological explanation See TELEOLOGY.

Teleological law See CAUSAL LAW.

Teleological suspension of the ethical See KIERKE -. GAAR. teleology, the philosophical doctrine that all...

Telepathy See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

Telesio Bernardino (1509–88), Italian philosopher whose early scientific empiricism influenced Francis...

Telishment punishment of one suspected of wrongdoing, but whom the authorities...

Telos ancient Greek term meaning 'end' or 'purpose'. Telos is a...

Temperance See CARDINAL VIRTUES.

Template See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

Temporal becoming See TIME.

Tense logic an extension of classical logic introduced by Arthur Prior (Past,...

Tensed identity See IDENTITY.

Teresa of Ávila Saint (1515–82), Spanish religious, mystic, and author of spiritual treatises....

Term See RELATION, RUSSELL, SYLLOGISM.

Term, major See SYLLOGISM.

Term, minor See SYLLOGISM.

Term, observation See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

Term, transcendental See TRANSCENDENTALS.

Terminist logic a school of logic originating in twelfth-century Europe and dominant...

Terminus a quo (Latin 'term from which'), the starting point of some process. The...

Terminus ad quem See TERMINUS A QUO.

Tertiary qualities See QUALITIES.

Tertullian (A.D. c.155–c.240), Latin theologian, an early father of the Christian...