Social with gin being poured out for philosophers (9)

I believe the answer is:

logicians

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'philosophers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'social with gin being poured out' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'being poured out' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'social'+'gin'='socialgin'
'socialgin' anagrammed gives 'LOGICIANS'.

'for' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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