[MD] D i a l e c t i c

[david buchanan]

Well yes, there is a lot of dialectical thinking in Continental philosophy but this is "dialectical" in the Hegelian or Marxist sense of the word. Rather than a dialogue or debate in pursuit of the "Truth" in the Platonic sense, the contemporary, Continental meaning of the word is about the "logic" of history. Hegel's version is a highly rationalistic form of idealism while Marx's version was highly materialistic but in both cases they saw history as unfolding through a dialectical logic. On this view, each stage of history negates  and transcends the previous stage.
It seems very far-fetched and useless to me either way, but lots of smart people take it seriously. 



> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 21:08:00 -0700
> From: xacto at rocketmail.com
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> Subject: Re: [MD] D   i   a   l   e   c   t    i    c
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>  It is generally thought dialectics has become 
> central to "Continental" philosophy, while it 
> plays no part in "Anglo-American" philosophy. 
> In other words, on the continent of Europe, 
> dialectics has entered intellectual culture as 
> what might be called a legitimate part of thought 
> and philosophy, whereas in America and Britain, 
> the dialectic plays no discernible part in the 
> intellectual culture, which instead tends toward 
> positivism.
>  
> Google "positivism"
>  
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