logician
/lou'dʤiʃn/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person skilled at symbolic logic: A logician is an expert in the formal study of valid reasoning, argument structures, and symbolic systems.
- A person who is expert in logic: More broadly, a logician is someone deeply knowledgeable about the principles of correct reasoning and argumentation.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The famous logician developed a new system for analyzing arguments.
- To solve that complex philosophical puzzle, you need to think like a logician.
Advanced Usage
- "Mathematical logician": A specialist who applies logical principles to the foundations of mathematics.
- The mathematical logician worked on proving the consistency of arithmetic.
- "Informal logician": An expert who focuses on the logic of everyday arguments and reasoning, as opposed to formal symbolic systems.
- As an informal logician, she analyzed the fallacies in political debates.
Variants and Related Words
- Logic (n): The formal science of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning.
- He studied propositional logic in his philosophy class.
- Logical (adj): Characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning.
- Her conclusion was the only logical one based on the evidence.
- Logicism (n): The philosophical theory that mathematics is reducible to logic.
- Logicism was a major project in the philosophy of mathematics.
Synonyms
- Reasoner: A person who thinks and argues logically.
- Dialectician: A person skilled in logical debate, especially concerning opposing ideas.
Related Phrases
- "Trained as a logician": Having received formal education or expertise in logic.
- Although trained as a logician, he also wrote extensively on ethics.
- "A logician's approach": A method characterized by strict adherence to principles of logic.
- She took a logician's approach to debugging the complex code.
Noun
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a person skilled at symbolic logic
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