Logoi See DECONSTRUCTION, LOGOS.

Logos (plural: logoi) (Greek, 'word', 'speech', 'reason'), term with the following...

Lombard, Peter See PETER LOMBARD.

Longinus (late first century A.D.), Greek literary critic, author of a...

Loop, closed See CYBERNETICS.

Loop, open See CYBERNETICS.

Lottery paradox a paradox involving two plausible assumptions about justification which yield...

Lotze Rudolf Hermann (1817–81), German philosopher and influential representative of post-Hegelian...

Love, ethics of See DIVINE COMMAND ETHICS.

Löwenheim-Skolem theorem the result that for any set of sentences of standard...

Lower functional calculus See FORMAL LOGIC.

Lu Hsiang-shan (1139–93), Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher, an opponent of Chu Hsi's metaphysics....

Lü-shih ch’un-ch’iu a Chinese anthology of late Warring States (403–221 B.C.) philosophical...

Lucretius (99 or 94–55 B.C.), Roman poet, author of On the...

Luis de Molina See MOLINA.

Lukács Georg (1885–1971), Hungarian Marxist philosopher best known for his History...

Lukasiewicz Jan (1878–1956), Polish philosopher and logician, the most renowned member...

Lull Raymond, also spelled Raymond y, Ramon Llull (c.1232–1316), Catalan Christian...

Lumen naturale See DESCARTES.

Lun Yu See CONFUCIUS.

Luther Martin (1483–1546), German religious reformer and leader of the Protestant...

Lyceum, (1) an extensive ancient sanctuary of Apollo just east of...

Lyotard Jean-François (1924–98), French philosopher, a leading representative of the movement...