mens rea literally, guilty mind, in law Latin. It is one of...

mental content, causal theory of See SKEPTICISM.

mental distinction See FUNDAMENTUM DIVISIONIS.

Mentalese the language of thought (the title of a book by...

mentalism any theory that posits explicitly mental events and processes, where...

mental representation See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

Mercier Désiré-Joseph (1851–1926), Belgian Catholic philosopher, a formative figure in Neo-...

mereological sum See MEREOLOGY.

mereology (from Greek meros, 'part'), the mathematical theory of parts; specifically,...

meritarian one who asserts the relevance of individual merit, as an...

meritocracy in ordinary usage, a system in which advancement is based...

meritorious duty See KANT.

Merleau-Ponty Maurice (1908–61), French philosopher described by Paul Ricoeur as 'the...

Mersenne Marin (1588–1648), French priest who compiled massive works on philosophy,...

Merton School See OXFORD CALCULATORS.

metaethical relativism See RELATIVISM.

metaethics See ETHICS.

metalanguage in formal semantics, a language used to describe another language...

metalogic See PROOF THEORY.

metamathematics the study and establishment, by restricted (and, in particular, finitary)...

metaphilosophy the theory of the nature of philosophy, especially its goals,...

metaphysical certainty See CERTAINTY.

metaphysical holism See METHODOLOGICAL HOLISM.

metaphysical libertarianism See FREE WILL PROB -. LE.

metaphysical naturalism See METAPHYSICS, NATU -. RALIS.

metaphysical necessity See NECESSITY, PHILOSOPHY. OF MIN. metaphysical realism, in the widest...

metaphysical voluntarism See VOLUNTARISM. metaphysics, most generally, the philosophical investigation of the...

metaphysics of presence See DERRIDA, POSTMOD -. ER.

metatheorem See FORMAL SEMANTICS.

metatheory See PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC.