Neutrality See LIBERALISM.

New Academy the name given the Academy, the school founded by Plato...

New Realism an early twentieth-century revival, both in England and in the...

New riddle of induction See GRUE PARADOX.

New theory of reference See PUTNAM.

Newcomb’s paradox a conflict between two widely accepted principles of rational decision,...

Newcomb’s problem See NEWCOMB ' S PARADOX.

Newman John Henry (1801–90), English prelate and philosopher of religion. As...

Newton Sir Isaac (1642–1727), English physicist and mathematician, one of the...

Newtonian See NEWTON.

Nicholas Kryfts See NICHOLAS OF CUSA.

Nicholas of Autrecourt (c.1300–after 1350), French philosopher and theologian. Born in Autrecourt, he...

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900), German philosopher and cultural critic. Born in...

Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius fuerit in sensu (Latin, 'Nothing is in the understanding that had not...

Nihil ex nihilo fit (Latin 'Nothing arises from nothing'), an intuitive metaphysical principle first enunciated...

Nihilism, ethical See RELATIVISM.

Nihilism, philosophical See NIETZSCHE, RUSSIAN. NIHILIS.

Nihilism, Russian See RUSSIAN NIHILISM.

Nihilism, semantic See SEMANTIC HOLISM.

Nirodha-samapatti also known as samjnavedayita-nirodha (Sanskrit, 'attainment of cessation'), a term...

NN thesis See NECESSITY.

Noema See HUSSERL, NOETIC.

Noemata moralia See MORE, THOMAS.

Noematic analysis See HUSSERL.

Noesis See DIVIDED LINE, HUSSERL.

Noetic (from Greek noetikos, from noetos, 'perceiving'), of or relating to...

Noetic analysis See HUSSERL.

Noise See INFORMATION THEORY.

Nomic See LAWLIKE GENERALIZATION.

Nomic necessity See LAWLIKE GENERALIZATION.