1. Language. Investigating the truth in ideas through juxtaposition of opposing opinions. 2. Socrates conservational mode of argument. 3. Hegel's pattern of statement, contradiction and reconciliation. See dialectical materialism.
DIALECTIC: "Dialectic looks at the truth of ideas by looking st different opinions."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "DIALECTIC," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/dialectic/ (accessed January 27, 2023).
