Spencer Herbert (1820–1903), English philosopher, social reformer, and editor of The...

speech act theory the theory of language use, sometimes called pragmatics, as opposed...

spirit, Absolute See HEGEL.

split brain effects a wide array of behavioral effects consequent upon the severing...

Spinoza Baruch (1632–77), Dutch metaphysician, epistemologist, psychologist, moral philosopher, political theorist,...

spread law See RELEVANCE LOGIC.

Speusippus See ACADEMY.

square of opposition a graphic representation of various logical relations among categorical propositions....

spissitude See MORE, HENRY.

spontaneity, liberty of See FREE WILL PROBLEM,. HUM.

spirit See SOUL.

space-time a four-dimensional continuum combining the three dimensions of space with...

spectrum inversion See QUALIA. speculative philosophy, a form of theorizing that goes...

specious present the supposed time between past and future. The term was...

spatiotemporal continuity a property of the careers, or space-time paths, of well-behaved...

special sensibles See ARISTOTLE, FACULTY PSYCHOL-. OG.

special senses See ARISTOTLE, FACULTY PSYCHOL -. OG.

special relativity See RELATIVITY.

speculative reason See PRACTICAL REASONING.

speckled hen See PROBLEM OF THE SPECKLED HEN.

speaker’s meaning See MEANING.

species See DEFINITION.

speciesism See MORAL STATUS.

species, intentional See AQUINAS, ARISTOTLE.

species problem See PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY.

space, absolute See SPACE.

sovereignty, divine See DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.

space, mathematical See SPACE.

space an extended manifold of several dimensions, where the number of...

space, life See LEWIN.