PANLOGISMO

PANLOGISM. — From Gr. πᾶν, all, and λόγος, reason, it is “the doctrine according to which all that is real is entirely intelligible and can be constructed by the mind according to its own laws” (A. Lalande, Vocab. techn. et critique de la philos., 5th ed., Paris 1947, pp. 713–14); or more precisely, the doctrine that resolves all reality into the mind as a logical-rational process. In this sense the term, coined by J. E. Erdmann, was by him applied (Versuch einer wissenschaftl. Darstellung d. Gesch. d. neuer. Philos., III, part 2, Leipzig 1853) to the Hegelian system, which posits Reason as the supreme and sole true reality (v. HEGEL). In the usage now fairly common, the term is extended to neo-Hegelian trends. While the reference to Hegelianism appears justified, the identification of panlogism with idealism (v.) is, in many respects, inaccurate.