statistical independence See PROBABILITY.

state verb See ACTION VERB.

statistical law See CAUSAL LAW.

Steiner Rudolf (1861–1925), Austrian spiritualist and founder of anthroposophy. Trained as...

Stoicism, Middle See STOICISM.

state table See TURING MACHINE.

statistical probability See PROBABILITY.

Stephen Sir Leslie (1832–1904), English literary critic, editor, intellectual historian, and...

stochastic process a process that evolves, as time goes by, according to...

Stoicism one of the three leading movements constituting Hellenistic philosophy. Its...

Stewart, Dugald See SCOTTISH COMMON SENSE PHI-. LOSOPH. Stillingfleet, Edward (1635–99), English...

Stirner Max, pseudonym of Kasper Schmidt (1805–56), German philosopher who proposed...

state space See STATE.

statistical explanation an explanation expressed in an explanatory argument containing premises and...

stipulative definition See DEFINITION.

stadium paradox See ZENO'S PARADOXES.

standard analysis See MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS.

square of opposition, modal See CONTINGENT.

standard model a term that, like 'non-standard model', is used with regard...

Stagirite See ARISTOTLE.

state the way an object or system basically is; the fundamental,...

standard semantics See SECOND-ORDER LOGIC.

state description See CARNAP.

state function See QUANTUM MECHANICS.

state, liberal theory of the See LOCKE, POLITICAL. PHILOSOPH.

standard interpretation See FORMAL SEMANTICS.

state of affairs a possibility, actuality, or impossibility of the kind expressed by...

statement form See LOGICAL FORM.

state, political See POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

statement, basic See FOUNDATIONALISM.