Meaning & use
logician
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A person who studies or is skilled in the formal rules of reasoning and argument.
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The philosopher was also a brilliant logician, known for exposing flawed arguments.
A logician would point out that the conclusion doesn't actually follow from the premises.
A note on using this word
Distinct from someone who is merely 'logical'; a logician studies logic as a formal discipline, often within philosophy or mathematics.
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