Dictionary

Causal theory of mental content See SKEPTICISM.

Causal theory of mind See FUNCTIONALISM.

Causal theory of perception See PERCEPTION.

Causal theory of proper names the view that proper names designate what they name by...

Causal theory of reference See PHILOSOPHY OF LAN-. GUAG. causation, the relation between cause...

Causal-historical theory of reference See PHILOSO -. PHY OF LANGUAG.

Causation, backward See CAUSATION.

Causation, counterfactual analysis of See CAUSA -. TIO.

Causation, immanent See AGENT CAUSATION.

Causation, manipulation analysis of See CAUSA -. TIO.

Causation, probabilistic See CAUSATION.

Causation, regularity theory of See CAUSATION.

Causation, substance See AGENT CAUSATION.

Causation, transeunt See AGENT CAUSATION.

Causative verb See ACTION VERB.

Cause, efficient See ARISTOTLE.

Cause, final See ARISTOTLE.

Cause, formal See ARISTOTLE.

Cause, material See ARISTOTLE.

Cause, preemptive See CAUSATION.

Cause, superseding See CAUSATION.

Cause, sustaining See CAUSATION.

Causes, the four See ARISTOTLE.

Cave, allegory of the See PLATO.

Cavell Stanley Louis (b.1926), American philosopher whose work has explored skepticism...

Cavendish Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1623–1673), English author of some dozen...

Cellular automaton See SELF-REPRODUCING AUTOM-.

Central state materialism See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

Certainty the property of being certain, which is either a psychological...

Ceteris paribus clause See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.