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Dialectic aristotle9/5/2023 ![]() To help you understand the above idea (which is rather central to philosophy old and new), let me offer a few examples to illustrate this “method of abstraction” (that term is used in different ways in the english language, but I mean it specifically to elude to a sort of duality or dualism abstracted out of a single concept a the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects with the “mean between” considered):Įx 1. This idea of abstraction, contradiction, synthesis, etc is the underlying concept here, and it is nothing more than a play on Plato’s dialectic (which itself is essentially the foundation of reason and logic).įrom here it is all about applying this method in a number of forms to a number of physical, rational, ethic, and metaphysical systems (everything from labor and capital, to left and right, to short and tall, to 1 and 0, to the concept of justice)… just like we can apply the Socratic method to most anything, the same is necessarily true for this take on it. The idea is that we conceptualize a property, concept, proposition, or complex system or argument… and then we find deeper meaning through synthesizing the concepts we have uncovered with their antithesis. We can call this science/art by names like the Dialectic method, Socratic Method, Analysis, Abstraction, and Contradiction. Through the art of skeptical questioning, analysis, and contradiction we find deeper understanding. I ask, “what is justice?” You say, “it is the will of the stronger.” I then ask, “could it be the will of the weaker in some cases?” With that (in fact much less than that) and a little engineering, we can create the modern computer. From there comes the infinite set of possible numbers including fractions (“the difference” or “changes”) between -1…o…1. From 1 and 0 comes -1 (another contradiction of 1). ![]() ![]() You say “numbers,” I say “the absence of numbers.” From this we derive 1 and 0. We mean taking a concept or statement, and finding its contradiction. When we say “abstraction” here, we mean the art of contradiction as found in Plato’s dialectic(s) AKA the dialectic method. The Art of Abstraction, Contradiction, and Synthesis in The Sense We Mean it Here NOTE: See “ conflict theory” for more examples of how contradictions play out in the physical realm, below we discuss the general concept from Plato and Aristotle to Hegel and Marx, in its physical and metaphysical forms. We discuss theories that deal with the nature of abstractions and contradictions including, Dialectics and the Golden Mean theory, and offer a “synthesis” of these theories. What does it mean for rhetoric to be contingent practice? Rhetoric is an art, and deals with those areas where there is not a definitive answer, with those instances in which choice my be made.The Nature of Abstractions: Dealing With Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis, Dualisms, Contradictions, Opposition, and Golden Means Aristotle relates to the Sophists because of a need to create a relationship with your audience and give them the choice to respond. Aristotle argues that both are contingents. Particular topics(idia) are associated with special subject or discipline that the discourse is considering and docent apply to other discourses: in law the motive or intent of the one who commits a crime How does Aristotle define Rhetoric? Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of Persuasion How does Aristotle challenge Plato's definition, How does it relate to the Sophists ? Aristotle challenges Pluto by saying that you have Rhetoric to have Dialectic, Rhetoric is the counterpart of Dialectic. Rhetorical proofs ethos pathos logos techn art, Plato believed rhetoric was a techn separate from episteme topoi common places pisteis persuasive argument dynamis ability syllogism uses deductive reasoning using general and specific statements deduction argument with a guaranteed truth inductive argument that has a probable truth, used with an enthymeme What are the differences between the common topics and the particular topics? Common topics (koinoi topoi ) lines of argument that are not tied to a particular subject matter, they have widespread applicability: good vs.
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