Medina Bartolomeo (1527–80), Spanish Dominican theologian who taught theology at Alcalá...

Megarians also called Megarics, a loose-knit group of Greek philosophers active...

Meinong Alexius (1853–1920), Austrian philosopher and psychologist, founder of Gegenstandstheorie, the...

Meister Eckhart See ECKHART.

Melanchthon, Philip See SYNERGISM.

Meliorism (from Latin melior, 'better'), the view that the world is...

Melissus of Samos (fl. mid-fifth century B.C.), Greek philosopher, traditionally classified as a...

Memory the retention of, or the capacity to retain, past experience...

Memory, image theory of See MEMORY.

Memory, occurrent See MEMORY.

Memory, representational theory of See MEM-. ORY. Mencius, also known as Meng-tzu, Meng K'o...

Mendel Gregor (1822–84), Austrian botanist and discoverer of what are now...

Mendelian genetics See MENDEL.

Mendelssohn Moses (1729–86), German philosopher known as 'the Jewish Socrates.' He...

Meng K’o See MENCIUS.

Meng-tzu See MENCIUS.

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

Mental content, causal theory of See SKEPTICISM.

Mental distinction See FUNDAMENTUM DIVISIONIS.

Mental representation See COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

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

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

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

Mereological essentialism See HAECCEITY.

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...