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trialectics

trialectics noun: a level of logic. The first being Fomral logic (Aristotelian, the second being Dialectic logic (Hegelian) and the third being Trialectic logic (Ichazoan).

Noun

trialectics (uncountable)

  1. A level of logic. The first being Fomral logic (Aristotelian, the second being Dialectic logic (Hegelian) and the third being Trialectic logic (Ichazoan)
  2. A form of dialectical reasoning with a spatial basis rather than a temporal one.

Origin of trialectics

Blend of tri- + dialectics, as though the latter came from di- (“two”). The term was first proposed by Oscar Ichazo in the late 1950s and later proposed for a different meaning by Edward Soja.

Questions about trialectics

What does trialectics mean?
Trialectics means a level of logic. The first being Fomral logic (Aristotelian, the second being Dialectic logic (Hegelian) and the third being Trialectic logic (Ichazoan).
What part of speech is trialectics?
Trialectics is a noun.

Words near trialectics in the dictionary

  1. trialdehyde
  2. trialdehydes
  3. trialectic
  4. trialectical
  5. trialectically
  6. trialectics
  7. trialed
  8. trialer
  9. trialers
  10. trialing
  11. trialings

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