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Method of argument through conversation and dialogue; based on the philosophy of Socrates, in particular the Dialogues. Hegel
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David N. Sedley
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
διαλεκτική (sc. ἐπιστήμη or τέχνη): the science of conducting a philosophical dialogue (διαλέγεσθαι, ‘to converse’) by exploring the consequences of premises asserted or conceded by an ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
The process of assessing the truth of a theory by logical reasoning and argument.
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
In its usual medieval sense, ‘dialectic’ simply means *logic. Logic was studied throughout the MA in the
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Peter Singer
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)
In ancient Greece, dialectic was a form of reasoning that proceeded by question and answer, used by Plato. In later antiquity and the Middle Ages, the term was often used to mean simply ...
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Taken in its earliest meaning, which remained the most common in the Middle Ages, the word “dialectic” designates one
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Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Has roots in pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, where it designated a mode of reasoning and argument. It received its strongest Classical-era
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
In Gorgias (471e–472d), Plato (c.428–c.347
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
enquiry into metaphysical contradictions and their solutions. The ancient Greeks used the term to refer to various methods of reasoning and discussion in order to discover the truth. More ...
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