Philosophy 【哲】
mass noun (亦作dialectics) ［usu. treated as sing.］
1
- the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions辩证法。
2
- enquiry into metaphysical contradictions and their solutions.逻辑论证
2.1
- the existence or action of opposing social forces, concepts, etc.（社会力量、观念等的）对立。
- The ancient Greeks used the term dialectic to refer to various methods of reasoning and discussion in order to discover the truth. More recently, Kant applied the term to the criticism of the contradictions which arise from supposing knowledge of objects beyond the limits of experience, e.g. the soul. Hegel applied the term to the process of thought by which apparent contradictions (which he termed thesis and antithesis) are seen to be part of a higher truth (synthesis).
- of or relating to dialectic or dialectics; dialectical（与）辩证（有关）的; （与）辩证法（有关）的; 逻辑论证的。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French dialectique or Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektikē （tekhnē） '(art) of debate'， from dialegesthai 'converse with' （see DIALOGUE）.