Paying attention to the cultivation of logical thinking is an educational thought advocated by China in ancient times.

Paying attention to the cultivation of logical thinking is an educational thought advocated by Mohism in ancient China.

Mohism takes "universal love" and "non-aggression" as its teachings, and at the same time pays attention to the mastery of literature and history knowledge, the cultivation of logical thinking ability and the spread of practical technology. In the later period, Mohism made great contributions to logic theory, and formed the first relatively complete logic system in ancient China, which was mainly reflected in Xiaoqu.

In the later period, Mohism made a detailed study on concept, judgment and reasoning. Consciously realize that the spiritual life of working people also needs art.

The source of logical thinking:

Social practice is the foundation of the formation and development of logical thinking. The need of social practice determines from which aspect people grasp the essence of things and determines the task and direction of logical thinking. The development of practice also deepens and develops logical thinking with the increase of perceptual experience. Logical thinking is the reflection of human brain's indirect generalization of objective things.

It reveals the essence of things with scientific abstraction, and has the characteristics of consciousness, process, indirectness and inevitability. The basic forms of logical thinking are concept, judgment and reasoning. The logical thinking methods mainly include induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, and rising from concrete to abstract.