Prelogical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prelogical is an adjective meaning Before the development of logical thought.
Meaning
Before the development of logical thought.
Example Sentences
In the old days of scholarship of F.M. Cornford and Henri Frankfort, the expressions of mythopoeic thought were seen as products of a prelogical mentality, because Aristotle's law of the excluded middle was ignored, and one thing could be two things, or more, at the same time.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preconceptual, prerational, preintellectual, prephilosophical, preverbal, prepsychological.
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