dialectics

/ ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪks /

noun

1. the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology

2. a particular methodology or system; a logic

3. the application of the Hegelian dialectic or the rationale of dialectical materialism

Example Sentences

Mondrian’s motto — “each element is determined by its contrary” — drew on Hegel’s dialectics, according to which oppositions pitted against one another result not in stasis but in constant evolution.

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The theater, built on messy dialectics, is resistant to ideology.

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In times of conspiracy theories and filter bubbles, Hegel’s method of thinking – dialectics – can become a kind of intellectual self-help.

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The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel spoke of political “dialectics,” in which opposites — the “thesis” and its “antithesis” — are resolved into a “synthesis.”

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The dialectics of that change of mood are instructive.

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Related Words

• acumen 
• analysis 
• argument 
• hypothesis 
• inference 
• interpretation 
• premise 
• proposition 
• rationale 
• thinking