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Logic

The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.

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Common sense 76% connected

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Gumption 76% connected

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

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Philosophy 76% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Principle 76% connected

Beginning; commencement.

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Syllogistic 76% connected

Alt. of Syllogistical

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Logician 74% connected

A person skilled in logic.

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Logician 74% connected

A person skilled in logic.

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