reactive attitude See STRAWSON.

real definition See DEFINITION.

realism, direct See DIRECT REALISM.

ratio scale See MAGNITUDE.

Rawls John (b.1921), American philosopher widely recognized as one of the...

real distinction See FUNDAMENTUM DIVISIONIS.

realism, internal See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

real essence See ESSENTIALISM.

rationality, epistemic See IRRATIONALITY.

rational choice theory See DECISION THEORY.

rationalism, Continental See RATIONALISM.

rationality, instrumental See RATIONALITY.

rational number See MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS.

rational reconstruction also called logical reconstruction, translation of a discourse of a...

rationality, theoretical See RATIONALITY. rationalization, (1) an apparent explanation of a person's...

rationalism, moral See MORAL SENSE THEORY.

rationality. In its primary sense rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried...

rational psychology the a priori study of the mind. This was a...

rationalism the position that reason has precedence over other ways of...

rationality, practical See RATIONALITY.

ratio recta See INDIRECT DISCOURSE.

Ramsey test See RAMSEY.

Ramsey-eliminability See BETH'S DEFINABILITY THE-. ORE.

Ramsey Frank Plumpton (1903–30), influential British philosopher of logic and mathematics....

ramified type theory See TYPE THEORY.

Rashdall Hastings (1858–1924), English historian, theologian, and personal idealist. While acknowledging...

radical translation See INDETERMINACY OF TRANS -. LATIO. Ramanuja (1017?–1137?), Indian philosopher...

Ramist movement See RAMUS.

Ramsey sentence See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, PHI -. LOSOPHY OF SCIENC.

Ramus Petrus, in French, Pierre de La Ramée (1515–72), French philosopher...