Dialectics

/daɪəˈlɛktɪks/

Synonyms for "dialectics" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

algebra of classesalgebra of relationsaristotelian logicboolean algebradialectic
Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (9)

Noun(8 words)
dialectical discussiondialectical frameworkdialectical methoddialectical theorydialogic methoddialogical methoddialogical practicedisputation
doctrine of inference

Related words (15)

doctrine of termsepistemological logicexperimental logicformal logiclogiclogicslogisticmaterial logicmathematical logicpropositional calculuspsychological logicpsychologismramistic logicset theory
Noun(1 words)
historical dialectics

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Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

10 entries
dialogic practicelogicphilosophical discoursephilosophical methodphilosophical theoryphilosophyprinciplerationalerhetoricsocial theory

More specific

7 entries
Hegelian dialecticsMarxist dialecticsSocratic dialecticscritical dialecticsdialectical materialismdialogical pedagogyhistorical dialectics

Collocations

6 entries
Hegelian dialecticsMarxist dialecticsdialectical analysisdialectical materialismdialectical methoddialectical reasoning

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The dialectics of absolute and relative, concrete and abstract, subject and object, and theory and practice is focused on some of the most important questions in philosophy.

Source: wiktionary

None of these processes and modes of thought enters into the framework of metaphysical reasoning. Dialectics, on the other hand, comprehends things and their representations, ideas, in their essential connection, concatenation, motion, origin and ending. Such processes as those mentioned above are, therefore, so many corroborations of its own method of procedure.

Source: wiktionary

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