denumerable See INFINITY.

denying the antecedent See FORMAL FALLACY.

Deodorus Cronos See MEGARIANS.

deontic logic the logic of obligation and permission. There are three principal...

deontic operator See DEONTIC LOGIC.

deontic paradoxes the paradoxes of deontic logic, which typically arise as follows:...

deontological ethics See ETHICS.

deontologism, epistemic See EPISTEMIC DEONTOLO-. GIS. dependence, in philosophy, a relation of...

dependence, causal See CAUSATION.

dependence, epistemic See DEPENDENCE.

dependence, ontological See DEPENDENCE.

dependent beauty See BEAUTY.

depiction pictorial representation, also sometimes called 'iconic representation.' Linguistic representation is...

de re See DE DICTO.

de re necessity See NECESSITY.

derivation See DEDUCTION.

derivational logicism See LOGICISM.

Derrida Jacques (b.1930), French philosopher, author of deconstructionism, and leading figure...

Descartes René (1596–1650), French philosopher and mathematician, a founder of the...

description, definite See THEORY OF DESCRIPTIONS.

description, knowledge by See KNOWLEDGE BY. ACQUAINTANC.

description, state See CARNAP.

description, structure See CARNAP.

descriptions, theory of See THEORY OF DESCRIP -. TION.

descriptive emergence See METHODOLOGICAL HO -. LIS.

descriptive emergentism See HOLISM.

descriptive individualism See HOLISM.

descriptive meaning See EMOTIVISM, MEANING.

descriptive metaphysics See METAPHYSICS.

descriptivism the thesis that the meaning of any evaluative statement is...