Lieh Tzu also called Lieh Yu-K'ou (440?–360? . .), Chinese Taoist philosopher...

Life space See LEWIN.

Life world See HUSSERL.

Light of nature See DESCARTES.

Limited variety, principle of See MILL 's METHODS.

Limiting case an individual or subclass of a given background class that...

Linear order See RELATION.

Linguistic analysis See ANALYSIS.

Linguistic competence See PHILOSOPHY OF LAN -. GUAG.

Linguistic determinism See LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY.

Linguistic performance See PHILOSOPHY OF LAN -. GUAG.

Linguistic philosophy See ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY.

Linguistic relativity the thesis that at least some distinctions found in one...

Linguistic semantics See PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE.

Linguistic theory of logical truth See CONVENTION -. ALIS.

Linguistics, philosophy of See PHILOSOPHY OF LAN -. GUAG.

Lions of human beings to exist See Leslie's The. End of the World: The Science and...

Literal meaning See MEANING. literary theory, a reasoned account of the nature...

Literature, philosophy of See PHILOSOPHY OF LITER -. ATUR. Liu Shao-ch'i (1898–1969), Chinese...

Llull, Ramon See LULL.

Lobachevsky, Nikolai See NON -EUCLIDEAN GEOME -. TR.

Locality assumption See QUANTUM MECHANICS.

Locke John (1632–1704), English philosopher and proponent of empiricism, famous especially...

Locutionary act See SPEECH ACT THEORY.

Logic of discovery See ABDUCTION.

Logic of validation See ABDUCTION.

Logic, combinatory See COMBINATORY LOGIC.

Logic, default See DEFAULT LOGIC.

Logic, deontic See DEONTIC LOGIC.

Logic, deviant See PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC.