PHL 187 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: George Kerferd, Logos, Relativism
22 Nov 2018
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Logos and logoi - translated as statements , arguments ; speech . The word actually has a wide variety of meanings besides these few. Confronted with a word with a range of applications which relate to a single starting point. Phenomenon called focal meaning or focal reference . Three main areas of the application/use of the word logos. The area of language and linguistic formulation. The area of thought and mental processes. The area of the world about which we are able to speak. While in any context, the word logos may seem to point only to one of these areas. Usually, the underlying meaning involves some degree of reference to the other two as well. For convenience, the term argument is frequently used as a translation. This is misleading unless it is understood to refer to all three areas.
