The kind of logic that reasons from commonly accepted opinions to probable conclusions. It is distinguished from Analytic, which reasons from true and primary premises.
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by ben speaker February 2, 2004
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2. Used to desribe the incessant complaining of a significant other, e.g. boyfriend/girlfriend, usually regarding your oft-immoral behaviour.
2. Used to desribe the incessant complaining of a significant other, e.g. boyfriend/girlfriend, usually regarding your oft-immoral behaviour.
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2) See: Hegelian dialectic, Dialectical materialism, Hegelianism
2) See: Hegelian dialectic, Dialectical materialism, Hegelianism
1) The two exchanged dialectics with regards to the recent statements made by the president.
2) For Hegel, the concrete, the synthesis, the absolute, must always pass through the phase of the negative, in the journey to completion, that is, mediation. Day must always be met with night; either one cannot stay forever. A peaceful kingdom will always be met with a violent revolution. The sun will eventually explode and earth will ultimately become stardust for yet another star and its planetary system. Nothing is stagnant or fixed in the grand scheme of things; its current state is the reflection and outcome of a long chain of events in the past, and is still destined to an endless cycle of renewal. This is the essence of what is popularly called Hegelian dialectics.
2) For Hegel, the concrete, the synthesis, the absolute, must always pass through the phase of the negative, in the journey to completion, that is, mediation. Day must always be met with night; either one cannot stay forever. A peaceful kingdom will always be met with a violent revolution. The sun will eventually explode and earth will ultimately become stardust for yet another star and its planetary system. Nothing is stagnant or fixed in the grand scheme of things; its current state is the reflection and outcome of a long chain of events in the past, and is still destined to an endless cycle of renewal. This is the essence of what is popularly called Hegelian dialectics.
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Person A: Hey, what 's up with KDog? He has been sitting in that corner staring at the wall for hours now.
Person B:Yeah, he's caught in a dialectic Bagel after finishing the complete works of Hegel.
Person A: Ahhh, poor guy.
Person B:Yeah, he's caught in a dialectic Bagel after finishing the complete works of Hegel.
Person A: Ahhh, poor guy.
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new dialectic in washington, d.c. : politics is show business for ugly people.
new dialectic in hollywood : show business is politics for beautiful people.
new dialectic in hollywood : show business is politics for beautiful people.
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This came into being by using a CREATIVE DIALECTIC.
We used CREATIVE DIALECTIC to come up with the final project which was persued.
We used CREATIVE DIALECTIC to come up with the final project which was persued.
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