cosmological argument See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

corrigibility See PRIVILEGED ACCESS.

correspondence theory of truth See TRUTH. corresponding conditional (of a given argument), any conditional...

Cordemoy Géraud de (1626–84), French philosopher and member of the Cartesian...

corner quotes See CORNERS.

corners also called corner quotes, quasi-quotes, a notational device (] ^)...

corrective justice See JUSTICE.

correlativity See POLARITY, RIGHTS.

covering law model the view of scientific explanation as a deductive argument which...

Cousin Victor (1792–1867), French philosopher who set out to merge the...

Cournot Antoine-Augustin (1801–77), French mathematician and economist. A critical realist in...

courage See CARDINAL VIRTUES.

count noun a noun that can occur syntactically (a) with quantifiers 'each',...

counterinstance also called counterexample. (1) A particular instance of an argument...

counteridenticals See COUNTERFACTUALS.

counterfactual analysis of causation See CAUSA -. TIO. counterfactuals, also called contrary-to-fact conditionals, subjunctive...

creationism, theological See PREEXISTENCE.

creationism acceptance of the early chapters of Genesis taken literally. Genesis...

creation ex nihilo the act of bringing something into existence from nothing. According...

Cratylus Zeyl See PRE-SOCRATICS.

Cratylus of Athens See HERACLITUS.

Crates the Cynic See CYNICS.

Crates of Thebes See CYNICS.

Craig’s theorem See CRAIG'S INTERPOLATION THEO -. RE.

Craig’s interpolation theorem a theorem for firstorder logic: if a sentence y of...

Craig reduct See CRAIG'S INTERPOLATION THEOREM.

criteriology See MERCIER.

criteriological connection See CRITERION.

Crescas Hasdai (d.1412), Spanish Jewish philosopher, theologian, and statesman. He was...

criterion broadly, a sufficient condition for the presence of a certain...