trialectics

trialectics

English

Etymology

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.

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.

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