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.

tensed identity See IDENTITY.

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

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 ad quem See TERMINUS A QUO.

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

tertiary qualities See QUALITIES.

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

testability in the sciences, capacity of a theory to undergo experimental...

testimony an act of telling, including all assertions apparently intended to...

Tetens Johann Nicolas (1736–1807), German philosopher and psychologist, sometimes called the...

Tetractys See PYTHAGORAS.

Thales of Miletus (fl. c.585 B.C.), Greek philosopher who was regarded as one...