praedicamenta (singular: praedicamentum), in medieval philosophy, the ten Aristotelian categories: substance,...

pragmatic ambiguity See AMBIGUITY.

pragmatic contradiction a contradiction that is generated by pragmatic rather than logical...

pragmatic maxim See PEIRCE.

pragmatics See PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, SPEECH. ACT THEORY , THEORY OF...

pragmatic theory of truth See PRAGMATISM, TRUTH.

pragmatism a philosophy that stresses the relation of theory to praxis...

pragmatism, ethical See MORAL EPISTEMOLOGY.

praxis (from Greek prasso, 'doing', 'acting'), in Aristotle, the sphere of...

Praxis school a school of philosophy originating in Zagreb and Belgrade which,...

preanalytic considered but naive; commonsensical; not tainted by prior explicit theorizing;...

precising definition See DEFINITION.

precognition See PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

preconscious See FREUD.

pre-Critical See KANT.

predestination See FREE WILL PROBLEM.

predicables also praedicabilia, sometimes called the quinque voces (five words), in...

predicate See GRAMMAR, LOGICAL SUBJECT.

predicate, projectible See GRUE PARADOX.

predicate calculus See FORMAL LOGIC.

predicate hierarchy See HIERARCHY.

predicate logic See FORMAL LOGIC.

predication See QUALITIES.

predication, ‘is’ of See IS.

predicative property See TYPE THEORY.

prediction See PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

prediction paradox See PARADOX.

preemptive cause See CAUSATION.

preestablished harmony See LEIBNIZ, PHILOSOPHY. OF MIN. preexistence, existence of the individual...

preface paradox See SEMANTIC PARADOXES.