Maieutic See SOCRATES. Maimon, Salomon (1753–1800), Lithuanianborn German Jewish philosopher who...

Maimonides Latinized name of Moses ben Maimon (1135–1204), Spanish-born Jewish philosopher,...

Maistre, Joseph-Marie de See DE MAISTRE.

Major premise See SYLLOGISM.

Major term See SYLLOGISM.

Malcolm Norman (1911–90), American philosopher who was a prominent figure in...

Malebranche Nicolas (1638–1715), French philosopher and theologian, an important but unorthodox...

Mani See MANICHAEANISM.

Manichaeanism also Manichaeism, a syncretistic religion founded by the Babylonian prophet...

Manifest content See FREUD.

Manifold See KANT.

Mannheim Karl (1893–1947), Hungarian-born German social scientist best known for his...

Many questions, fallacy of See INFORMAL FALLACY.

Many-valued logic a logic that rejects the principle of bivalence: every proposition...

Mao Tse-tung (1893–1976), Chinese Communist leader, founder of the People's Republic of...

Marburg School See NEO-KANTIANISM.

Marcel Gabriel (1889–1973), French philosopher and playwright, a major representative of...

Marcus Ruth Barcan (b.1921), American philosopher best known for her seminal...

Marcuse Herbert (1898–1979). German-born American political philosopher who reinterpreted the ideas...

Marginal utility See UTILITARIANISM.

Mariana Juan de (1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit historian and political philosopher. Born...

Markov process See STOCHASTIC PROCESS.

Marsilio dei Mainardine See MARSILIUS OF PADUA.

Marsilius of Inghen (c.1330–96), Dutch philosopher and theologian. Born near Nijmegen, Marsilius studied...

Marsilius of Padua in Italian, Marsilio dei Mainardini (1275/80–1342), Italian political theorist. He...

Martineau James (1805–1900), English philosopher of religion and ethical intuitionist. As...

Marxism the philosophy of Karl Marx, or any of several systems...

Mass noun See COUNT NOUN.

Master argument See MEGARIANS.

Material adequacy the property that belongs to a formal definition of a...