dianoetic

1. Therefore, his discussions on the doctrine of conception and language, ontology, epistemology, the doctrine of judgment, dianoetic, sophism, the standardization of language and Chinas unification are still the distillates of scholarship with positive values at present.
   荀子对概念论和语言论、本体论、认识论、判断论、推理论、诡辩论、语言规范化、华夏大一统的相关论述，是当前仍有积极价值的学术精华。

adj

1. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

   Synonym:    discursive