dialectics

noun
/daɪəˈlɛktɪks/

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”).

  1. derived from διαλεκτική — “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering

Definitions

  1. A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing…

    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.
  2. plural of dialectic

The neighborhood

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