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Theory in philosophy of mind which maintains that talk of mental events should be translated into talk about observable behavior.

Leading light of the 20th century American school of thought known as pragmatism.

5th century BCE Greek philosopher of Miletus who regarded 'air' as the primary form of body.

View that morality is based on social agreements that serve the interests of those who make the agreement.

Andrew Latus, St. Francis Xavier University, summarizes the discussion between Thomas Nagel and Bernard Williams on the question: Can luck ever make a moral difference?

Exploring Hume's argument and the religious significance. By Michael P. Levine of the University of Western Australia.

By Michael Mendelson of Lehigh University.

By Julian Lamont, University of Queensland.

Survey of philosophical views about privacy; by Judith DeCew.

Discussion of various descriptive and normative definitions of the term; Bernard Gert.

Life and work of the 18th century German philosopher; by Michael Forster.

Approaches to geometry that do not presuppose an infinity of points; by Jean-Paul van Bendegem.

By Robin Le Poidevin.

Justifications of legal punishment; by Antony Duff.

The result of a process of reflection on an area of (moral) inquiry, a notion figuring prominently in Rawls' Theory of Justice; by Norman Daniels.