dialectic
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Dialectic, a method for discovering truth through dialogue, involves an exchange of ideas with the goal of arriving at a position that more accurately reflects the truth.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
When “The Dialectic of Sex” was published, the world’s first sperm banks, in Iowa and Japan, were just six years old.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
When John Fichthorn, co-founder of Dialectic Capital Management, revealed he was the film’s financier, Herbalife pointed out that he too had bet against Herbalife’s stock.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2017
The years 2012 and 2013 were particularly tough for short sellers because of the rush into stocks amid accommodative monetary policies, said Dialectic co-founder John Fichthorn—as the moves helped lift stocks across the board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2015
Dialectic is the theory of reality, physics the theory of existence, dialectic of that which lies behind things as their ground, physics of the things which are thus grounded.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
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