論理学(ろんりがく)

ろんりがく
noun
logic (the discipline)
scienceeducation
1. logic (as a field of study)
The academic discipline that studies valid reasoning and inference, traditionally a branch of philosophy.
大学(だいがく)で論理学(ろんりがく)を学(まな)ぶ。
I study logic at university.
論理学(ろんりがく)は哲学(てつがく)の一分野(いちぶんや)だ。
Logic is a branch of philosophy.
Knowing the basics of logic makes it easier to notice contradictions in an argument.

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論理学(ろんりがく) is the field of study. For the logic of a particular argument, use 論理(ろんり) (彼(かれ)の論理(ろんり)はおかしい, "his logic is off").

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