Look up: dialectic

1. dialectic
   [adj] - of or relating to or employing dialectic 2. [n] - a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction 3. [n] - any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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2. dialectic
   Greek term, originally associated with the philosopher Socrates' method of argument through dialogue and conversation. Hegelian dialectic, named after the German philosopher Hegel, refers to an...
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3. Dialectic
   Di`a·lec'tic noun Same as Dialectics . « Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences.» Liddell & Scott.
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4. dialectic
   dialectical adjective of or relating to or employing dialectic; `the dialectical method`
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5. dialectic
   noun any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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6. dialectic
   noun a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; `this situation created the inner dialectic of American history`
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7. Dialectic
   • (a.) Alt. of Dialectical • (n.) Same as Dialectics.
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8. Dialectic
   (from the article `philosophy, Western`) ...had its own special architectonics. Each of Kant`s three critiques is divided into the same three parts: (1) an `analytic,` or analysis of ...
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9. dialectic
   originally a form of logical argumentation but now a philosophical concept of evolution applied to diverse fields including thought, nature, and ... [27 related articles]
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10. dialectic
    dialectic 1. The art of critical examination into the truth of an opinion; the investigation of truth by discussion: in earlier English use, a synonym of logic as applied to formal rhetorical reasoning; logical argumentation or disputation. 2. In modern Philosophy; specifically applied by Kant to th...
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11. dialectic
    dialectic (dīulek'tik) [Gr.,= art of conversation], in philosophy, term originally applied to the method of philosophizing by means of question and answer employed by certain ancient philosophers, notably Socrates. For Plato the term came to apply more strictly to logical method and meant ...
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12. Dialectic
    (Gr. dia + legein, discourse) The beginning of dialectic Aristotle is said to have attributed to Zeno of Elea. But as the art of debate by question and answer, its beginning is usually associated with the Socrates of the Platonic dialogues. As conceived by Plato himself, dialectic is the science of ...
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13. dialectic
    Greek term, originally associated with the philosopher Socrates' method of argument through dialogue and conversation. Hegelian dialectic, named after the German philosopher Hegel, refers to an interpretive method in which the contradiction between a thesis and its antithesis is resolved through synthesis
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14. dialectic
    the art or practice of a logical discussion as of the truth of a theory or opinion.
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15. Dialectic
    . `Dialectic` (also dialectics and the dialectical method) is a method of argument for resolving disagreement that has been central to Indic and European philosophy since antiquity. The word dialectic originated in Ancient Greece, and was made popular by Plato in the Socratic di...
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