dialectic method

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• Dialectic — • Greek dialektike (techne or methodos), the dialectic art or method, from dialegomai I converse, discuss, dispute; as noun also dialectics; as adjective, dialectical Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dialectic     Dialectic …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Dialectic — The School of Athens, by Raphael. Dialectic (also dialectics and the dialectical method) is a method of argument for resolving disagreement that has been central to Indic and European philosophy since antiquity. The word dialectic originated in… …   Wikipedia

• dialectic — [dī΄ə lek′tik] n. [ME dialetik < OFr dialetique < L dialectica (ars) < Gr dialektikē (technē), the dialectic (art) < dialektikos: see DIALECT] 1. [often pl.] the art or practice of examining opinions or ideas logically, often by the… …   English World dictionary

• dialectic — UK US /ˌdaɪəˈlektɪk/ adjective [before noun] ► MANAGEMENT, MEETINGS using questions and answers as a method of examining something or of finding a solution to a problem: »Conflict and disagreement are a necessary part of a dialectic approach …   Financial and business terms

• dialectic — [adj] logical, rational analytic, argumentative, controversial, dialectical, persuasive, polemical, rationalistic; concept 529 Ant. illogical, irrational dialectic [n] logic, reasoning argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion,… …   New thesaurus

• dialectic — UK [ˌdaɪəˈlektɪk] / US or dialectics UK [ˌdaɪəˈlektɪks] / US noun [uncountable] 1) formal the way in which two different forces or ideas exist together or affect each other 2) a method used in philosophy to try to discover truth by considering… …   English dictionary

• dialectic — dialectically, adv. /duy euh lek tik/, adj. Also, dialectical. 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of logical argumentation. 2. dialectal. n. 3. the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or… …   Universalium

• dialectic — (Gk., dialektikē, the art of conversation or debate) Most fundamentally, the process of reasoning to obtain truth and knowledge on any topic. According to the different views of this process, different conceptions of dialectic emerge. Thus in the …   Philosophy dictionary

• Method of loci — The method of loci (plural of Latin locus for place or location), also called the memory palace, is a mnemonic device introduced in ancient Roman rhetorical treatises (in the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero s De Oratore, and Quintilian s …   Wikipedia

• dialectic — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əle̱ktɪk[/t]] dialectics 1) N COUNT: with supp, oft the N of/between n People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way …   English dictionary

• DIALECTIC —    a form of reasoning originally used by PLATO in his early dialogues as conversation. In medieval THEOLOGY the dialectical method took the form of stating an opinion using an established authority, then a different opinion was given from… …   Concise dictionary of Religion