Descriptive meaning See EMOTIVISM, MEANING.

Descriptive metaphysics See METAPHYSICS.

Descriptive relativism See RELATIVISM.

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

Descriptivist theory of names See CAUSAL THEORY. OF PROPER NAME.

Desert See MERITARIAN.

Design, argument from See PHILOSOPHY OF RELI -. GIO.

Designator, rigid See MEANING.

Desire-belief model See INTENTION, MOTIVATION.

Desire, extrinsic See EXTRINSIC DESIRE.

Desire, intrinsic See EXTRINSIC DESIRE.

Destructive dilemma See DILEMMA.

Detachment, rule of See LOTTERY PARADOX, MODUS. PONEN. determinable, a general characteristic or...

Determinate See DETERMINABLE.

Determinism the view that every event or state of affairs is...

Determinism, hard See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

Determinism, historical See MARXISM.

Determinism, linguistic See LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY.

Determinism, principle of See MILL'S METHODS.

Determinism, soft See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

Deterministic automaton See COMPUTER THEORY.

Deterministic law See CAUSAL LAW.

Deterrence See JUST WAR THEORY, PUNISHMENT.

Deviant causal chain See WAYWARD CAUSAL CHAIN.

Deviant logic See PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC.

Dewey John (1859–1952), American philosopher, social critic, and theorist of education....

Dharma in Hinduism and especially in the early literature of the...

Dharmakiirti (seventh century A.D.), Indian Yogacara Buddhist philosopher and logician. His...

Diagonal procedure a method, originated by Cantor, for showing that there are...

Diagonalization See DIAGONAL PROCEDURE.