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Dialectics

Dialectics Meaning & Definition
Dialectics Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dialectics?

[n] a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dialectics:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dialectics: algebra of classes | algebra of relations | Aristotelian logic | Boolean algebra | dialectic | doctrine of inference | doctrine of terms | epistemological logic | experimental logic | formal logic | logic | logics | logistic | material logic | mathematical logic | propositional calculus | psychological logic | psychologism | Ramistic logic | set theory

See Also | principle | rationale

Dialectics In Webster's Dictionary

\Di`a*lec"tics\, n. [L. dialectica (sc. ars), Gr. ? (sc. ?): cf. F. dialectique.] That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion. Note: Dialectics was defined by Aristotle to be the method of arguing with probability on any given problem, and of defending a tenet without inconsistency. By Plato, it was used in the following senses: 1. Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation. 2. The method of investigating the truth by analysis. 3. The science of ideas or of the nature and laws of being -- higher metaphysics. By Kant, it was employed to signify the logic of appearances or illusions, whether these arise from accident or error, or from those necessary limitations which, according to this philosopher, originate in the constitution of the human intellect.

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