Methodological skepticism See SKEPTICISM.

Methodological solipsism See SOLIPSISM.

Methodology See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

Metrodorus See EPICUREANISM.

Microreduction See REDUCTION.

Middle knowledge knowledge of a particular kind of propositions, now usually called...

Middle Platonism the period of Platonism between Antiochus of Ascalon (c.130–68 B.C.)...

Middle Stoicism See STOICISM.

Middle term See SYLLOGISM.

Middle way See MADHYAMIKA.

Milesians the pre-Socratic philosophers of Miletus, a Greek city-state on the...

Mill James (1773–1836), Scottish-born philosopher and social theorist. He applied the...

Mill’s methods procedures for discovering necessary conditions, sufficient conditions, and necessary and...

Millet paradox See SORITES PARADOX.

Mimamsa also called Purva , an orthodox school within Hinduism that...

Mimesis (from Greek , 'imitation'), the modeling of one thing on...

Mimetic theory of art See MIMESIS.

Mind See HSIN1, PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, PROBLEM OF. OTHER MIND.

Mind– body problem See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

Mind, causal theory of See FUNCTIONALISM.

Mind, philosophy of See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

Ming Chinese term meaning 'fate', 'mandate'. In general, ming is what...

Ming chia See SCHOOL OF NAMES.

Minimalist theory of truth See TRUTH.

Minimax strategy See MAXIMIN STRATEGY.

Minkowski space-time See RELATIVITY, SPACE -. TIM.

Minor premise See SYLLOGISM.

Minor term See SYLLOGISM.

Minute perceptions, doctrine of See LEIBNIZ.

Miracle an extraordinary event brought about by God. In the medieval...