dialectics

British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

But then in the mid-’60s at the Dialectics of Liberation conference, which Bateson also spoke at, Ginsberg says there’s no shared culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Dialectics played an important role in early Indian philosophy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In a revised version of “System and Dialectics of Art,” Graham removed many of the artists he had originally included.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2012

In his book “System and Dialectics of Art,” first published in 1937 but written over several years, he addressed mysticism, primitivism, and Freudian and Jungian theories in the form of a Socratic dialogue.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2012

The first half of the century was adorned by a band of scholars, who have gained renown by their cultivation of Latin poetry; a little oasis in the desert of Aristotelian Dialectics.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

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