dialectic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dialectic
adj.
logical, rational, polemical
n.
act of arriving at a conclusion by means of logical reasoning; logical discussion; art or science of discursive reasoning; logical contradiction used as a force to continue interaction between two opposing forces;
Dialectic
Dialectic or
dialectics (,
dialektikḗ), also known as the
dialectical method, is a
discourse between two or more people holding different
points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the
truth through
reasoned arguments. The term was popularized by
Plato's
Socratic dialogues but the act itself has been central to European and Indian philosophy since
antiquity.
dialectic
Noun
1. any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
(hypernym) philosophy
2. a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"
(hypernym) contradiction
Adjective
1. of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method"
(synonym) dialectical
Dialectic
(n.)
Same as Dialectics.
(a.)
Alt. of Dialectical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
dialectic
In classical Greece, a process of discussion that is illustrated in
Plato 's dialogues was called dialectic. It is a way of questioning and conversing and reasoning.
Kant referred to the "transcendental dialectic" as metaphysical reasoning that tried, without success (or possible success) to figure out what the truth was beyond our senses. The German philosopher,
Hegel , applied the term to a process of development in which one idea (the thesis) begets its opposite (the antithesis) and the two come together to form a synthesis.
Marx built on this Hegelian notion of dialecic in his version of dialectical materialism.
