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Logocentrism

Term in philosophy coined by Ludwig Klages Logocentrism was coined by the German philosopher Ludwig Klages in the early 1900s. It refers to the tradition of Western science and philosophy that regards words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality.[clarification needed] It holds the logos as epistemologically superior and that there is an original, irreducible object which the logos represent.

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