Logical
['lɒdʒɪk(ə)l] or ['lɑdʒɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; 'a logical mind' .
Typed by Adele--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.
(a.) According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical.
(a.) Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker.
Checked by Desmond
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of logic.[2]. Dialectical, according to the rules of logic, that conforms to the laws of thought.[3]. Coherent, consistent.[4]. Discriminating, skilled in reasoning, versed in logic.
Edited by Adela
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Close, argumentative, {[ound]?}
ANT:Inconclusive, illogical, fallacious
Editor: Terence
Examples
- Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The inclusion of India raised logical claims for French Africa and French Asia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The trial and execution of the king followed with a sort of logical necessity upon these things. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Logical and the Psychological. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Twenty years' apprenticeship in the school of Plato had sharpened his logical powers and added to his stock of general ideas, but had not taught him to distrust his senses. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The idea was not logical, but Hortense had perfect faith in it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I did not know what we had against Austria but it seemed logical that they should declare war on her if they did on Germany. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The achievement of this aim gives logical character to the statements. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Science, in short, signifies a realization of the logical implications of any knowledge. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It would be logical, the man, who was the officer in command, said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A short time since you were advancing a most logical argument in substantiation of your theory that camp lay directly south of us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Moreover, a vein of reason ever ran through her passion: she was logical even when fierce. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- What you say is perfectly logical, Mr. Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At this same palace school half a century later the Irishman Scotus Erigena exhibited his learni ng, wit, and logical acumen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Nathaniel