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Dialectic in Kant and Madhyamika Buddhism
Sep 20, 2024
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Definition of Dialectic
The pre-Socratic philosopher Zeno of Elea was presumably the first who applied a form of dialectic by developing a series of paradoxes to demonstrate that certain ideas, like motion, change, space and time are impossible.
Socrates used a method known as elenchus (ἔλεγχος), or the Socratic method, which involved asking a series of questions to expose contradictions in the interlocutor's beliefs, leading them to a clearer understanding.
Plato expanded on this, using dialectic as a method of philosophical inquiry to uncover the forms or ...
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