Philosophy: Reference: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Page 3

By Fred D. Miller, Jr of Bowling Green State University.

The ability to act on the determinations of conscience is tied to the development of the moral virtues, which in turn refines the functions of conscience. By Doug Langston of the University of South Florida.

Bertrand Russell, Wesley Salmon, and conserved quantities. By Phil Dowe of the University of Tasmania.

"Probabilistic Causation" designates a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the tools of probability theory. A primary motivation for the development of such theories is the desire for a theory of causation that does not presuppose physical determinism.

By Colin Allen of Texas A & M, addressing the qualitative or phenomenological nature of experience.

Deals with the cosmological argument. By John Leslie of the University of Guelph.

By Lex Newman of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

According to the Representational Theory of Mind, psychological states are to be understood as relations between agents and mental representations. By David Pitt, CUNY.

By Michael Mendelson of Lehigh University.

Survey of Aristotle's logical work, focus on the "Organon," syllogistic, and dialectic. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Robin Smith.

Originally the study of deductive behavior of the expressions `it is necessary that' and `it is possible that', now also includes logics for belief, tense, the deontic (moral) expressions. By James W. Garson, University of Houston.

Survey of theories according to which knowledge and justified belief rest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge or justified belief. By Richard Fumerton of the University of Iowa.

Survey of philosophical woories about inconsistencies inherent in the idea of time travel in the context of modern physics. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Tim Maudlin.

Explores semantic accounts of propositional attitude reports, and some of the theories developed to deal with Frege's puzzle. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Thomas J. McKay.

Assesses the metaphysical implications of quantum theory by considering the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity conditions. By Steven French of Leeds University.

Article on the ethics of war and peace, the Just War theory, and pacificsm. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Brian D. Orend.

Infinitary Logic is a branch of formal logic where finitary formulae are replaced by potentially infinitary mathematical entities. By John L. Bell.

Article on the life and work of the founder of philosophical anarchism. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Mark Philp.

Evaluates the theory that holds that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. By J. J. C. Smart of Monash.

Recounts the principal and distinctive claims of Aristotle's psychological writings, especially "De Anima." By Christopher Shields of the University of Colorado.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the subject, with a detailed description, application areas and a bibliography.

By E. Jennifer Ashworth of the University of Waterloo.

Augustine's doctrine described by Robert Pasnau of the University of Colorado.

Life and work of one of the most original and interesting philosophers of the later Middle Ages. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Robert Pasnau.

Introduction to logical form, surface and deep meaning. By Paul M. Pietroski, University of Maryland.