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Lacan, Jacques
Adrian Johnston
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Jacques LacanIntroductionJacques Marie Émile Lacan (b. 13 April 1901–d. 9 September 1981) arguably is the most creative and influential figure in the ...
Lakatos, Imre
Brendan Larvor, Colin Jakob Rittberg
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Imre LakatosIntroductionImre Lakatos (b. 1922–d. 1974) was a philosopher of mathematics and science. Having left Hungary in 1956, he made his first ap...
Langer, Susanne
Lona Gaikis
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Susanne LangerIntroductionLogician and philosopher of art Susanne K. Langer (b. 1895–d. 1985, née Knauth) has been a rather elusive protagonist in 20t...
Language of Thought
Murat Aydede
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Language of ThoughtIntroductionThe language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) is a foundational and yet largely empirical thesis about how thoughts (as sta...
Language, Philosophy of
Michael P. Wolf
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Philosophy of Language Introduction The term “philosophy of language” is generally used more restrictively than newcomers to the discipline mi...
Latin American Philosophy
Susana Nuccetelli
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Latin American Philosophy Introduction Like Asian philosophy or European philosophy, Latin American philosophy comprises a great number of phi...
Laws of Nature
Marc Lange
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Laws of Nature Introduction The discovery of the laws of nature has long been considered a principal aim of science. Of course, many laws that...
Legal Epistemology
Georgi Gardiner
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Legal EpistemologyIntroductionLegal practice is up to its neck in epistemology. Legal practice involves proof, evidence, doubt, testimony, arguments, ...
Legal Philosophy
Thom Brooks
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Legal Philosophy Introduction Legal philosophy is about the analytical and normative study of law and legal concepts. This includes questions ...
Legal Positivism
Michael Sevel, Brian Leiter
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Legal Positivism Introduction Legal positivism is one of the leading philosophical theories of the nature of law, and is characterized by two...
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Brandon C. Look
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Introduction Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (b. 1646–d. 1716) was one of the greatest of the early modern “rationalist” p...
Levinas, Emmanuel
Gabriel Malenfant
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Emmanuel Levinas Introduction Emmanuel Levinas (b. 1906–d. 1995) was a philosopher famous for having developed an original interpretation of E...
Lewis, C. I.
Eric Dayton
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
C. I. LewisIntroductionClarence Irving Lewis (b. 1883–d. 1964) is arguably the most important philosopher bridging the pragmatism of the golden age of...
Liberty
Ian Carter
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Liberty Introduction The definition of “liberty” (or “freedom”—most political and social philosophers use these terms interchangeably) is a hi...
Literature, Philosophy of
Jonathan Gilmore
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Philosophy of Literature Introduction The philosophy of literature addresses the most fundamental questions about the nature of literature as ...
Locke, John
Keith Allen
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
John Locke Introduction John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher best known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and political p...
Locke, John: Identity, Persons, and Personal Identity
Ruth Boeker
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Locke: Identity, Persons, and Personal Identity Introduction John Locke offered a very rich and influential account of persons and personal id...
Logic
Jc Beall, John Burgess
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
LogicIntroductionHistorically there has been considerable variation in the understanding of the scope of the field of logic. Our concern is with what ...
Lottery and Preface Paradoxes, The
Igor Douven
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
The Lottery and Preface Paradoxes Introduction People speak about their own and other people’s beliefs both in categorical terms and in terms ...
Lucretius
Duncan F. Kennedy
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
LucretiusIntroductionThe De rerum natura (usually translated as On the Nature of Things or On the Nature of the Universe) is a Latin poem in six books...
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