Dialectics: A Classical Approach to Inquiry

Nicholas Rescher

Published by De Gruyter 2007

Dialectics

A Classical Approach to Inquiry

Nicholas Rescher

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110321289

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Few ideas have played a more continuously prominent role throughout the history of philosophy than that of dialectic, which has figured on the philosophical agenda from the time of the Presocratics. The present book explores the philosophical promise of dialectic, especially in its dialogical version associated with disputation, debate, and rational controversy. The book’s deliberations examine what lessons can be drawn to exhibit the utility of dialectical proceedings for the theory of knowledge in reminding us that the building-up of knowledge is an interpersonally interactive enterprise subject to communal standards.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Chapter 1: DIALECTICAL PROCESSES: A GENERAL VIEW Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2: DISPUTATIONAL DIALECTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 3: COGNITIVE DIALECTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 4: METHODOLOGICAL DIALECTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 5: ONTOLOGICAL DIALECTIC: THE HEGELIAN BACKGROUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 6: PHILOSOPHICAL DIALECTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 7: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DIALECTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 200
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- Other: Zahlr. Abb.
Keywords: Dialektik; Hegel; Rescher

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110321289

Hardcover

Published: September 15, 2007
ISBN: 9783110321012