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Abduction. See Retroduction

Abraham:

sacrifice of Isaac, 73

Achinstein, Peter, 29

Action:

as letting-happen, 314

Adequation, 211 –218

Alcohol, 3 –4

Anaxagoras, 21

Anthropic principle, 238

Apodictic certainty, 2

Apposition, 119 , 142 , 144 , 312

Aquarium:

invented by P. H. Gosse, 57

Ararat, Mount, 80

Archetypes, 326

Argument from design:

counterargument, 78

Aristotle, 185 , 199 , 361 ;

chance, 134 ;

contemplation, 177 ;

the mean, 166 ;

Nicomachean Ethics , 8 , 177 ;

pairs of opposites, 169 ;

Parts of Animals , 176

Art:

and machines, 286

Artificial intelligence, 7 , 174 , 318

Ashby, W. Ross:

continuity as an artifact, 151 -152;

Introduction to Cybernetics , 168 ;

treatment of complexity, 173

Astronomy, 8 , 137

Astrophysics, 6

Attention:

and intentionality, 304 -307, 323

Austin, J. L.:

ordinary language, 250

Axelos, Kostas:

on Marx, 209

Ayer, A. J., 142 ;

and positivism, 353

Azande chicken oracle, 235