逻辑学

邏輯學
luójixué
noun #37,823

Meanings

  1. 1 logic (the academic discipline)
  2. 2 the study of logic

Examples

Tā zài dàxué zhǔxiū luójixué.
He majors in logic at university.
Luójixué shì zhéxué de jīchǔ xuékē zhī yī.
Logic is one of the foundational disciplines of philosophy.

Tips

usage
逻辑学 names the academic field (formal logic, mathematical logic, dialectical logic). For 'logical thinking' as a quality of an argument, use 逻辑 alone (没有逻辑 'this has no logic'). Add only when referring to the discipline itself.
memory
逻辑 (luóji) is itself a 20th-century phonetic loan from English 'logic' — not a native compound. Adding (study of) turns it into the discipline. Compare 经济学 economics, 心理学 psychology — same pattern.

Stroke Order

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xué