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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: logic 1a(1)
*1: [[logic]]
*2a : discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation; specifically : the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth
*2a : [[discussion]] and [[reasoning]] by [[dialogue]] as a [[method]] of [[intellectual]] [[investigation]]; specifically : the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Socratic techniques] of [[exposing]] [[false]] [[beliefs]] and eliciting [[truth]]
:b : the Platonic investigation of the eternal ideas
:b : the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Platonic] [[investigation]] of the [[eternal]] [[ideas]]
*3: the logic of fallacy
*3: the [[logic]] of [[fallacy]]
*4a : the Hegelian process of change in which a concept or its realization passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its opposite; also : the critical investigation of this process
*4a : the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Hegelian_dialectic Hegelian process] of [[change]] in which a [[concept]] or its [[realization]] passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its [[opposite]]; also : the [[critical]] [[investigation]] of this [[process]]
:b (1) usually plural but singular or plural in construction : development through the stages of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis in accordance with the laws of dialectical materialism (2) : the investigation of this process (3) : the theoretical application of this process especially in the social sciences
:b (1) usually plural but singular or plural in construction : development through the [[stages]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis,_antithesis,_synthesis thesis], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis,_antithesis,_synthesis antithesis], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis,_antithesis,_synthesis synthesis] in [[accordance]] with the [[laws]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism dialectical materialism] (2) : the [[investigation]] of this [[process]] (3) : the [[theoretical]] [[application]] of this [[process]] especially in the [[social sciences]]
*5: usually plural but singular or plural in construction a : any systematic reasoning, exposition, or argument that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict b : an intellectual exchange of ideas
*5: usually plural but singular or plural in construction a : any [[systematic]] [[reasoning]], exposition, or [[argument]] that [[juxtaposes]] [[opposed]] or [[contradictory]] [[ideas]] and usually seeks to resolve their [[conflict]]
*6: the dialectical tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements
:b : an [[intellectual]] [[exchange]] of [[ideas]]
*6: the dialectical [[tension]] or [[opposition]] between two [[interacting]] [[forces]] or elements
==Description==
==Description==
'''Dialectic''' (also dialectics and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Principles ''dialectical method'']) is a [[method]] of [[argument]] for resolving disagreement that is central to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Philosophy Indic] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Philosophy European philosophy], since antiquity. The [[word]] ''dialectic'' originated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece], and was made popular by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogues Socratic dialogues]. The dialectical method is [[dialogue]] between [[two]], or among more, people holding [[different]] [[points of view]] about a subject, who wish to [[establish]] the [[truth]] of the matter by [[dialogue]], with reasoned [[arguments]]. Dialectics is [[different]] from [[debate]], wherein the debaters are [[committed]] to their [[points of view]], and mean to win the [[debate]], either by [[persuading]] the opponent, proving their [[argument]] correct, or proving the opponent's argument incorrect — thus, either a [[judge]] or a [[jury]] must decide who wins the [[debate]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Principles dialectical method] is [[different]] from [[rhetoric]], wherein the speaker's [[oratory]] [[appeals]] to either [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos logos], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathos pathos], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos ethos]; thus, [[rhetorical]] [[speech]] means to [[persuade]] the [[listeners]] (auditors) to take the side of the [[argument]] presented.
'''Dialectic''' (also dialectics and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Principles ''dialectical method'']) is a [[method]] of [[argument]] for resolving disagreement that is central to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Philosophy Indic] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Philosophy European philosophy], since antiquity. The [[word]] ''dialectic'' originated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece], and was made popular by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogues Socratic dialogues]. The dialectical method is [[dialogue]] between [[two]], or among more, people holding [[different]] [[points of view]] about a subject, who wish to [[establish]] the [[truth]] of the matter by [[dialogue]], with reasoned [[arguments]]. Dialectics is [[different]] from [[debate]], wherein the debaters are [[committed]] to their [[points of view]], and mean to win the [[debate]], either by [[persuading]] the opponent, proving their [[argument]] correct, or proving the opponent's argument incorrect — thus, either a [[judge]] or a [[jury]] must decide who wins the [[debate]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic#Principles dialectical method] is [[different]] from [[rhetoric]], wherein the speaker's [[oratory]] [[appeals]] to either [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos logos], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathos pathos], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos ethos]; thus, [[rhetorical]] [[speech]] means to [[persuade]] the [[listeners]] (auditors) to take the side of the [[argument]] presented.