coercion See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

cogito argument See DESCARTES.

Cogito ergo sum (Latin 'I think, therefore I am'), the starting point of Descartes's...

cognitive architecture See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

cognitive dissonance mental discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs or attitudes held simultaneously....

cognitive meaning See MEANING.

cognitive psychology See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

cognitive psychotherapy an expression introduced by Brandt in A Theory of the...

cognitive science an interdisciplinary research cluster that seeks to account for intelligent...

cognitive value See FREGE.

Cohen Hermann (1842–1918), German Jewish philosopher who originated and led, with...

coherence theory of justification See COHERENT -. IS.

coherence theory of knowledge See COHERENTISM.

coherence theory of truth the view that either the nature of truth or the...

coherentism in epistemology, a theory of the structure of knowledge or...

Coimbra commentaries See FONSECA.

collective unconscious See JUNG.

collectivity See DISTRIBUTION.

Collier Arthur (1680–1732), English philosopher, a Wiltshire parish priest whose Clavis...

colligation See WHEWELL.

Collingwood R(obin) G(eorge) (1889–1943), English philosopher and historian. His father, W....

color realism See QUALITIES.

combinatory logic a branch of formal logic that deals with formal systems...

command theory of law See PHILOSOPHY OF LAW.

commentaries on Aristotle the term commonly used for the Greek commentaries on Aristotle...

commentaries on Plato a term designating the works in the tradition of commentary...

commission See ACTION THEORY.

commissive See SPEECH ACT THEORY.

common-consent arguments for the existence of

common effects See CAUSATION.