dialectics
Noun
- a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
- A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
- plural of dialectic
Examples
- The dialectics of absolute and relative, concrete and abstract, subject and object, and theory and practice is focused on some of the most important questions in philosophy.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).
Synonyms
dialectic, dialectical method
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