CB:This is not a new topic, but it seems to me pertinent to
progressive
economics to continue to ask dialectical questions like:
Jim Devine:
[why dialectical? I don't see them as such.]
^^^^^^
CB: Lets put it this way. They are not questions just asking for
information. Rhetorical ? Cross-examinational ? Dialectical ?
^^^^^^
Dialectic
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In classical philosophy, dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is an exchange of
propositions (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a
synthesis of the opposing assertions, or at least a qualitative
transformation in the direction of the dialogue. It is one of the three
original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are rhetoric and
grammar) in Western culture. In ancient and medieval times, both rhetoric
and dialectic were understood to aim at being persuasive (through dialogue).
The aim of the dialectical method, often known as dialectic or dialectics,
is to try to resolve the disagreement through rational discussion. One way -
the Socratic method - is to show that a given hypothesis (with other
admissions) leads to a contradiction; thus, forcing the withdrawal of the
hypothesis as a candidate for truth. Another way of trying to resolve a
disagreement is by denying some presupposition of the contending thesis and
antithesis; thereby moving to a third (syn)thesis.[1]
