semantic molecularism See SEMANTIC HOLISM.

semantics, conceptual role See MEANING, PHILOSO-. PHY OF MIN.

semantics See FORMAL SEMANTICS, PHILOSOPHY OF. LANGUAG.

semantic holism a metaphysical thesis about the nature of representation on which...

semantics, extensionalist See EXTENSIONALISM.

semantic consequence See MODAL LOGIC.

self-control See AKRASIA.

self-deception, (1) purposeful action to avoid unpleasant truths and painful topics...

Sellars Wilfrid (1912–89), American philosopher, son of Roy Wood Sellars, and...

self-presenting in the philosophy of Meinong, having the ability – common...

self-reproducing automaton a formal model of self-reproduction of a kind introduced by...

self-determination the autonomy possessed by a community when it is politically...

self-interest theory See PARFIT.

Sellars, Roy Wood See NEW REALISM.

self-justification See EPISTEMOLOGY.

self-evidence the property of being self-evident. Only true propositions (or truths)...

self-love See BUTLER, EGOISM.

self-organizing system See COMPUTER THEORY.

self-reference, paradoxes of See RUSSELL, TYPE. THEOR. self-referential incoherence, an internal defect of...

second law of thermodynamics See ENTROPY.

second-order See ORDER.

selection See PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY.

seeing, non-epistemic See DRETSKE.

secondness See PEIRCE.

self-consciousness See DE DICTO, KNOWLEDGE BY. ACQUAINTANCE , PHILOSOPHY OF MIN.

self, bundle theory of See BUNDLE THEORY.

second potentiality See ARISTOTLE.

secundum quid in a certain respect, or with a qualification. Fallacies can...

second-order logic the logic of languages that contain, in addition to variables...

security strategy See MAXIMIN STRATEGY.