Dialectic

In philosophy, dialectic is a debate or an argument between different individuals. In medieval Europe, dialectics (or logic) was one of the three beginning liberal arts known as the trivium altogether, while the others were grammar and rhetoric.Abelson P. 1965. The seven liberal arts; a study in mediæval culture. New York: Russell & Russell. p82Hyman A. & Walsh J.J. 1983. Philosophy in the Middle Ages: the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish traditions. Indianapolis: Hackett. p164Adler, Mortimer Jerome 2000. Dialectic. Routledge. p4 Herbermann C.G. 1913. The Catholic encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, and history of the Catholic church. New York: The Encyclopedia Press. pp760–764

Purposes

The goal of the dialectical process (dialectic or dialectics) is to resolve a dispute by rational discussions,Pinto R.C. 2001. Argument, inference and dialectic: collected papers on informal logic. Argumentation library, vol 4. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. pp138–139Eemeren F.H. von 2003. Anyone who has a view: theoretical contributions to the study of argumentation. Argumentation library, vol 8. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. p92 and the search for the truth in the matter.

Main ideas

Dialectics has three main ideas:

 1: Everything is made out of opposing forces/opposing sides
 2: Gradual changes lead to turning points, where one force overcomes the other
 3: Change moves in spirals not circles

Related pages

 Text grammar
 Socratic method
 Discourse analysis
 Medieval philosophy
 Ancient Greek philosophy
  Мета Dialectic

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