dialectics
/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪks/
noun
- A method of argument or discussion in which two opposing ideas are compared to find the truth.
- In philosophy, dialectics often involves a thesis, an antithesis, and a synthesis.
- The professor used dialectics to help the class understand both sides of the debate.
- Learning dialectics can improve your ability to think critically about complex issues.
- The process of change and development in history or society through the conflict of opposing forces, especially in Marxist theory.
- Marxist dialectics explains how social change happens through class struggle.
- Many historians apply dialectics to analyze the rise and fall of civilizations.
- The theory of dialectics suggests that progress comes from resolving contradictions.