Questions tagged [dialectic]
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Axiomatic and formal establishment of Plato's dialectics
After years of studying Plato I have seen some attempts to formalize somehow Plato's dialectics. To be more precise, I have found writers who present Plato's dialectics (especially as it is presented ...
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does Hegel's Dialectical Materialism needs justification when we re-examine the notion of "opposite" and whether that's a fact of the world?
Hegel basically says thesis-antithesis-synthesis, and this works because there are opposition of ideas or there are contradictions
Derrida also uses concepts like "binary oppositions"
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What's the difference between elenchus and dialectic?
I know that "elenchus" is often associated with Socrates and the Socratic method whereas "dialectic" is more associated with Plato. But what is their relationship? Is elenchus a ...
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Modal dualism: is there a combination of counterpart and transworld-identity theory classifying objects based on which relation they enter into?
Theorists love to be competitive, but often enough we find out that they don't have to be like that. The SEP article on infinitesimals, for example, notes at one point:
It is of interest to note that ...
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In what shape do opposites exist?
A common notion is that the opposite of “cold” is “warm” and that the opposite of “slow” is “fast”.
Would it be equally correct to say that the opposite of “cold” is “fast”?
How come that most people ...
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How is Hegel's dialectic a logic?
There are several features of this account that Hegel thinks raise his
dialectical method above the arbitrariness of Plato’s dialectics to
the level of a genuine science. First, because the ...
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Model of an argument
I have the thought that an informal argument is fundamentally about building a justification graph: a directed acyclic graph from premise propositions to intermediate and conclusion propositions, ...
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Hegelian dialectic to transcend Stoic vs Nietzsche?
I would like to apply Hegel's dialectic to the following thesis/antithesis and that you help me find sublimating synthesis ideas. Here is the thesis:
"to live a happy life, you must accept your ...
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Sociological-philosophical theories of society’s tendencies to react against itself, inescapably biased in some way
Basically, in case it comes up, I mean something more than Hegelian (?) “dialectic”, an idea of society or knowledge moving forward through refutation, synthesis, progress.
I am thinking about how ...
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Why does Karl Marx think a new social form will derive from the inherent paradoxes of capitalism? [closed]
My professor said according to Marx, what capitalists purchase is not labor goods, but the products of labor.
To me, the result is not the market economy of "distribution according to labor",...
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When does a conditional statement hold true according to Dialetheists?
I understand that for the consequent to really follow from the antecedent, it (the consequent) must be both relevant and necessary given the antecedent.
So my question is: which types of conditional ...
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Is there a rule/s for determining whether a contradiciton is a Dialetheia?
If not, is there a set of accepted properties or qualities that dialetheic statements have?
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Enantiodromia--How Do Symbols Undergo an Inversion of Meaning?
I am looking for writings in philosophy, semiotics, or psychology that deal with the shifts and ultimately the inversion of practical meaning in symbols. This would be something like Orwell's concept ...
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According to Horkheimer and Adorno, how is the Enlightenment Dialectical?
In 1947 the Frankfurt School philosophers Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno published their seminal work "Dialektik der Aufklärung", first translated to English in 1972 as "Dialectic ...
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What topics of philosophy should I study to understand the dialectics of societies?
I am new to this site, it will be really helpful if you can help me with tags.
I live in an area which is a socially, morally and intellectually very backward part of the world, although materially ...
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