logician
Example Sentences
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As in “Curb,” though, he just as frequently positions himself as the logician surrounded by dupes fixated on useless details or idealists high on hopium.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
More successfully, in the 19th century, George Boole—mathematician, logician, theoretical psychologist—“fundamentally changed our understanding of logic,” Mr. Griffiths tells us, by “showing how reason could be captured by a formal system.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
As Bessent should understand, the violation of one logical condition can obviate the logic of another—what a logician might call an “antecedent condition.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Throughout the washes of guffaws, chuckles and hysterics that accompanied Eddie Izzard’s set on Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl, the British comedian, actor, logician and mimic performed gymnastic non-sequitur sequences and nuanced physical comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
But English is more flexible than what a logician would have designed, and the context generally makes it clear what the speaker means.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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