Neumann, John von See VON NEUMANN.

neural net See CONNECTIONISM.

neural network modeling See CONNECTIONISM.

Neurath, Otto See VIENNA CIRCLE.

neurophilosophy See CHURCHLAND, PATRICIA.

neuroscience See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

neustic See PRESCRIPTIVISM.

neutrality See LIBERALISM.

neutral monism See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

New Academy the name given the Academy, the school founded by Plato...

Newcomb’s paradox a conflict between two widely accepted principles of rational decision,...

Newcomb’s problem See NEWCOMB ' S PARADOX.

Newman John Henry (1801–90), English prelate and philosopher of religion. As...

New Realism an early twentieth-century revival, both in England and in the...

new riddle of induction See GRUE PARADOX.

new theory of reference See PUTNAM.

Newton Sir Isaac (1642–1727), English physicist and mathematician, one of the...

Newtonian See NEWTON.

Nicholas Kryfts See NICHOLAS OF CUSA.

Nicholas of Autrecourt (c.1300–after 1350), French philosopher and theologian. Born in Autrecourt, he...

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900), German philosopher and cultural critic. Born in...

Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius fuerit in sensu (Latin, 'Nothing is in the understanding that had not...

Nihil ex nihilo fit (Latin 'Nothing arises from nothing'), an intuitive metaphysical principle first enunciated...

nihilism, ethical See RELATIVISM.

nihilism, philosophical See NIETZSCHE, RUSSIAN. NIHILIS.

nihilism, Russian See RUSSIAN NIHILISM.

nihilism, semantic See SEMANTIC HOLISM.

nirodha-samapatti also known as samjnavedayita-nirodha (Sanskrit, 'attainment of cessation'), a term...

NN thesis See NECESSITY.

noema See HUSSERL, NOETIC.