Philosophical Terms analytic/synthetic statements

a posteriori

a posteriori statement


a priori

a priori statement

artifact

assumption

auxiliary statement

bivalence

cause

confirmation

constructivism

contingent statement

contradiction

convention

convergence

corroboration

counterfactual conditional

covering-law model

deduction

deductive-nomological explanation

determinism

dialectical

disposition

dualism

empiricism

entailment

epistemology

evidence

evidential strength of an argument

evidential strength of a statement

extension

factual assumption

falsificationism

feminism

foundationalism

hermeneutics

hypothesis

hypothetical-deductive method

idealism

incommensurability

induction

induction

inference

inference to the best explanation

instrumentalism

intension

logical equivalence

logical implication

logical positivism

logical strength

materialism

metaphysics

naturalism

natural kind

necessary statement

necessity

nominalism

objectivity

observable

ontology

operationalism

paradigm

parsimony

phenomenalism

physicalism

positivism

possibility

pragmatics

predicate

probability

projectibility

proposition

realism

reference

relativism

reliabilism

scientific realism

semantics

simplicity

skepticism

solipsism

soundness

stochastic

subjectivity

straw man fallacy

syntax

tautology

teleology

theory

theory laden

truth

token/type distinction

underdetermination

validity

value assumption

verificationism

versimilitude