logician

Definition

A person who studies or teaches logic.

Etymology

From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian.

Example Sentences

• "“To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are.” ― “The Greek Interpreter”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894"
• "It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes."
• "These two treatments of the predicate are typical of the two traditions in traditional logic—the intensional and the extensional traditions. Logicians who can be counted among the intensional logicians are Gottfried Leibniz, Johann Lambert, William Hamilton, Stanley Jevons, and Hugh MacColl. Among the extensional logicians are George Boole, Augustus De Morgan, Charles Peirce, and John Venn."