Glossary of Philosophical Terms

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Dialectic

A method of argument through dialogue, or Hegel's process of thesis-antithesis-synthesis by which ideas and history develop.

Logic Plato, Hegel, Marx

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Syllogism

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of two premises and a conclusion, as in: All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal.

Logic Aristotle
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