skepticism, moral See MORAL SKEPTICISM.

Skeptics those ancient thinkers who developed sets of arguments to show...

Skolem Thoralf (1887–1963), Norwegian mathematician. A pioneer of mathematical logic, he...

Skolem-Löwenheim theorem See LöWENHEIM-. SKOLEM THEORE.

Skolem normal form See NORMAL FORM.

Skolem’s paradox See LÖWENHEIM -SKOLEM THEO -. REM , SKOLE.

slave morality See NIETZSCHE.

slippery slope argument an argument that an action apparently unobjectionable in itself would...

Smith Adam (1723–90), Scottish economist and philosopher, a founder of modern...

social action a subclass of human action involving the interaction among agents...

social biology the understanding of social behavior, especially human social behavior, from...

social constructivism also called social constructionism, any of a variety of views...

social contract an agreement either between the people and their ruler, or...

social Darwinism See DARWINISM, SOCIAL PHILOS -. OPH. social epistemology, the study...

social ethics See SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

socialism See POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

social philosophy broadly the philosophy of society, including the philosophy of social...

social sciences, philosophy of the See PHILOSOPHY. OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE. Socinianism, an unorthodox Christian...

Socinus, Faustus See SOCINIANISM.

Socinus, Laelus See SOCINIANISM.

sociobiology See SOCIAL BIOLOGY.

sociological jurisprudence See JURISPRUDENCE.

sociology of knowledge See MANNHEIM.

Socrates (469–399 B.C.), Greek philosopher, the exemplar of the examined life,...

Socratic intellectualism the claim that moral goodness or virtue consists exclusively in...

Socratic irony a form of indirect communication frequently employed by Socrates in...

Socratic method See SOCRATES.

Socratic paradoxes a collection of theses associated with Socrates that contradict opinions...

soft determinism See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

software See COMPUTER THEORY.