Glossary of Philosophical Terms

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Heidegger's term for human existence, literally meaning "being-there," emphasizing our situated, temporal nature.

Metaphysics Martin Heidegger

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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