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Miskawayh (936–c.1030), Persian courtierstatesman, historian, physician, and advocate of Greek and...

Misplaced concreteness, fallacy of See WHITEHEAD.

Mitfreude See VALUE.

Mixed hypothetical syllogism See SYLLOGISM.

Mnemic causation a type of causation in which, in order to explain...

Mo Ti See MO TZU.

Mo Tzu also known as Master Mo, Mo Ti (fifth century B.C.),...

Modal logic the study of the logic of the operators 'it is...

Modal logic of programs See DYNAMIC LOGIC.

Modal realism See LEWIS, DAVID.

Modal square of opposition See CONTINGENT.

Modalities, alethic See ALETHIC MODALITIES.

Modality the manner in which a proposition (or statement) describes or...

Modality de dicto See ESSENTIALISM.

Modality de re See ESSENTIALISM.

Modality, iterated See ALETHIC MODALITIES.

Modality, practical See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

Modality, problematic See MODALITY.

Mode (from Latin modus, 'way', 'fashion'), a term used in many...

Model See COMPUTER THEORY, MODEL THEORY.

Model set See HINTIKKA SET.

Model theory a branch of mathematical logic that deals with the connection...

Modeling, computer See COMPUTER THEORY.

Modernism See POSTMODERN.

Modest foundationalism See FOUNDATIONALISM.

Modularity the commitment to functionally independent and specialized cognitive systems in...

Modus ponendo tollens See SYLLOGISM.

Modus ponens in full, modus ponendo ponens (Latin, 'proposing method'), (1) the...

Modus tollendo ponens See SYLLOGISM.

Modus tollens in full, modus tollendo tollens (Latin, 'removing method'), (1) the...