Panlogism

Panlogism (gr. Pan: everything; gr. Logos : reason) is a metaphysical theory according to which reason or logos is a general characteristic of reality (all-reason doctrine). Approaches to panlogism can already be found in Plato's theory of ideas . However, it was only elaborated explicitly in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , according to which everything real is reasonable .

Panlogistic theories face the problem of having to make it clear in what sense everything that is real is reasonable. This seems especially difficult to imagine, if you have a panpsychism wants to avoid, that is the theory that all reality awareness have. The ascription of reason seems to presuppose the ascription of consciousness.

The problems of panlogism have meant that it is now rarely represented, if at all.

literature

• Rudolf Eisler : Dictionary of Philosophical Terms, 1904.