dialectics
/daɪəˈlɛktɪks/ noun
Also a form of dialectic
- noun (philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas. “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.”
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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”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation.
Etymology [L. dialectica (sc. ars), Gr. dialectique.]
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