Dialectic
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- | Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and counter-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]]; or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]; or to [[Marxist dialectic]]. | + | Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and [[counter]]-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]]; or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]; or to [[Marxist dialectic]]. |
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Broadly speaking, a dialectic is an exchange of propositions (thesis) and counter-propositions (anti-thesis)resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the dialogue. A recent dialectic was Dialectic of Enlightenment. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the Socratic dialectical method of cross-examination; or to Hegel's dialectical model of history; or to Marxist dialectic.
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