David Longstreth

To be in the woods is a special thing. And also just the concept of wilderness as a necessary opposite in a kind of global dialectic. I want there to be wilderness where there are no humans in a world like this. So nature is super important.

American Musician

Christopher Hitchens

The advice I've been giving to people all my life - that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you; you can't give up politics, it won't give you up - was the advice I should have been taking myself.

American Author

Jean Baudrillard

The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.

French Sociologist

Joe Lonsdale

In my experience, it's common that deep truths exist at both extremes of a dialectic, and the wisest stance on an issue will incorporate 'both of the opposites within itself.

American Businessman

John Kenneth Galbraith

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state.

American Economist

Jacques Ellul

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.

French Philosopher

Paul Ricoeur

Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.

J. Paul Getty

Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.

Robert Smithson

Art's development should be dialectical and not metaphysical.

American Artist

Fidel Castro

Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.

Statesman

Focus on the interaction of contrasting opinions to reach a deeper understanding.

Opposing Ideas

Not just a debate; it aims at synthesizing ideas to form a new perspective.

Beyond Debate

It's a quest to discover truth by exploring conflicting viewpoints, not just winning an argument.

Search for Truth

A technique in philosophy to resolve seemingly contradictory positions into a unified whole.

Philosophical Method

Aim to transcend contradictions to reveal a more comprehensive truth.

Higher Truth

Associated with Hegel's philosophy, which involves thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

Hegelian Association

Rooted in logical arguments rather than emotional appeals or unsupported assertions.

Logical Exchange

Explores contrasting positions to distill knowledge, recognizing the value in opposition.

Contradictory Nature

Seeks to resolve disputes by finding common ground or a higher-level agreement.

Argument Resolution

 Well, my answer is going to make reference to three models for arguments. The first model -- let's call it the dialectical model -- is we think of arguments as war; you know what that's like -- a lot of screaming and shouting and winning and losing. That's not a very helpful model for arguing,

Dialectic