social ethics See SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

slippery slope argument an argument that an action apparently unobjectionable in itself would...

slave morality See NIETZSCHE.

social biology the understanding of social behavior, especially human social behavior, from...

Skolem’s paradox See LÖWENHEIM -SKOLEM THEO -. REM , SKOLE.

social contract an agreement either between the people and their ruler, or...

socialism See POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

social sciences, philosophy of the See PHILOSOPHY. OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE. Socinianism, an unorthodox Christian...

social constructivism also called social constructionism, any of a variety of views...

social action a subclass of human action involving the interaction among agents...

social philosophy broadly the philosophy of society, including the philosophy of social...

social Darwinism See DARWINISM, SOCIAL PHILOS -. OPH. social epistemology, the study...

Skeptics those ancient thinkers who developed sets of arguments to show...

Skolem Thoralf (1887–1963), Norwegian mathematician. A pioneer of mathematical logic, he...

situation theory See MODEL THEORY.

six emotions (the) See CH'ING.

Sittlichkeit See HEGEL. situation ethics, a kind of anti-theoretical, caseby-case applied...

skepticism in the most common sense, the refusal to grant that...

Skolem normal form See NORMAL FORM.

skepticism, moral See MORAL SKEPTICISM.

Skolem-Löwenheim theorem See LöWENHEIM-. SKOLEM THEORE.

Siva one of the great gods of Hinduism (with Vishnu and...

situation semantics See POSSIBLE WORLDS.

Sinn See FREGE.

singular causal statement See CAUSATION, COVER -. ING LAW MODE. singular term, an...

sinsign See PEIRCE.

singular causal relation See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

simultaneity See RELATIVITY.

simplicity See CURVE-FITTING PROBLEM, DIVINE. ATTRIBUTES , PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENC. Simplicius...

simplification, rule of See CONJUNCTION ELIMINA -. TIO. simulation theory, the view that...