Using Aristotle's dialectic to define Aristotle's dialectic. Dialectic, unlike logic, is concerned with particular individuals with whom we are engaged with in argument. The argument proceeds by ...

To change the world we must understand it, and the foundations of this understanding are the definitions we use. Dialectic is - for the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle - the art of persuasion.

Already in the comments about the first instalment of this series, a problem of traditions has emerged. For a predominantly Anglo-Saxon audience, raised in the empirical and positivist tradition, ...