Discursive method of arriving at the truth by way of reasoned contradiction and argumentation - Dialectic, also known as the dialectical method, refers originally to [[Dialogue | dialogue]] between people holding different [[Opinion | points of view]] about a subject but wishing to arrive at the [[Truth | truth]] through [[Rationality | reasoned]] [[Argument | argumentation]]. Dialectic resembles [[Debate | debate]], but the concept excludes [[Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy) | subjective]] elements such as [[Appeal to emotion | emotional appeal]] and [[Rhetoric | rhetoric]]. It has its origins in [[Ancient philosophy | ancient philosophy]] and continued to be developed in the [[Medieval philosophy | Middle Ages]]. - [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | Hegelianism]] refigured "dialectic" to no longer refer to a literal dialogue. Instead, the term takes on the specialized meaning of development by way of overcoming internal [[Contradiction | contradictions]]. [[Dialectical materialism]], a theory advanced by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]], adapted the Hegelian dialectic into a [[Materialism | materialist]] theory of history. The legacy of Hegelian and Marxian dialectics has been criticized by philosophers such as [[Karl Popper]] and [[Mario Bunge]], who considered it unscientific. - Dialectic implies a developmental process and so does not naturally fit within [[Classical logic | classical logic]]. Nevertheless, some twentieth-century logicians have attempted to formalize it. ## Sources - [wikipedia_page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic)