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Prolegomenon (usually plural prolegomena) is an Ancient Greek word (προλεγόμενον) used to mean "prologue" or "introduction", to introduce a larger work, e.g.: a book.

Prolegomena may also refer to:

• Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant
• Prolegomena to a Theory of Language by Louis Hjelmslev
• Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena, or Muqaddimah, an early Islamic treatise on world history, by Ibn Khaldun
• Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels (Prolegomena to the History of Israel), a book by German biblical scholar Julius Wellhausen
• "Prolegomenon", a 2006 episode of the animated television series 12 oz. Mouse