They believe that opposing ideas can exist at the same time and the clash of these ideas creates progress.
But dialecticians embrace contradiction with enthusiasm. Traditionally, logicians didn’t much like contradiction. Every synthesis contains within it the seeds of its own destruction as it becomes a thesis to be overthrown by an antithesis and succeeded by a new, higher synthesis. What was once viewed positively becomes a negative. Hegel viewed this entirely as a battle of ideas raging through human history as a quest for ultimate truth. But then the synthesis would become a new thesis to be overthrown as it were. Against it would be an opposing “antithesis”. What he meant by this was that a “thesis” would be put forward. The German philosopher Hegel, who exercised a huge influence on the young Marx, came up with the idea of successive dialectic triads. Theories in science are the basis for practical outcomes but eventually give way to superior theories that take human knowledge to a new and higher level. It can be argued that scientists adopt a dialectical method when they posit a new theory and invite their peers to review it – shooting it down if necessary. Poor Socrates, for example, was forced to drink deadly poison for the crime of corrupting the youth. This was hugely liberating if sometimes viewed as dangerous by those in authority. Through reasoned argument, if sometimes heated, they would hope to arrive at something approaching the truth. Their method of discourse – over an agreeable goblet of wine – was to come at each other with differing opinions. What made the Greeks so unique compared to other civilisations was their willingness to define the world in terms of natural phenomenon as opposed to the whims of deities. We should start by popping back to ancient Greece and all those philosophers trying to uncover underlying truths about the world. This theory is a key building block of Marxism explaining Marx’s attitude to history, the nature of human existence and why socialism through revolution is (almost) inevitable – or at least necessary. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Let me try and unlock the meaning of Dialectical Materialism in one page.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.
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