Literary notes about logician (AI summary)
The term "logician" has been deployed in literature both as a mark of intellectual rigor and as a character imbued with distinctive cognitive traits. For instance, Clausewitz uses the logician to demarcate the boundary where mere cognitive premises end and the realm of judgment—and even art—begins [1], implying a delicate interplay between logic and creative interpretation. In detective fiction, as seen in Doyle's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes [2], the logician embodies a quiet, analytical mind whose deductive reasoning is central to unraveling mysteries. At the same time, philosophical and sociological texts critique and examine the limitations of pure logical schemes; works such as Santayana's and Nietzsche's explore the possibility that the logician might be banished from realms of wisdom or find some questions irrelevant to their strict framework [3, 4]. Furthermore, multiple references emphasize the logician's role in resolving dilemmas and presenting alternative, incontrovertible conclusions [5, 6, 7], while even being associated with the serene authority of mathematical intellect [8]. Overall, the literary use of "logician" often reflects an admiration for and a critical inquiry into the powers and limits of formal reasoning.
- Where the logician draws the line, where the premises stop which are the result of cognition—where judgment begins, there Art begins.
— from On War by Carl von Clausewitz - Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognise him.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - The locus or material embodiment of such a reality is no longer in view; these questions seem to the logician irrelevant.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - Perhaps there is a realm of wisdom from which the logician is banished?
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The truth is, the logician was in a dilemma.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - The logician presents an alternative which is unquestionably valid.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - Now, there can be no doubt but that if the logician's premiss is true, the conclusion is unavoidable.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - An outstanding mathematician and logician, he was guided principally by his intellect.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
