trialectics

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noun

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

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Meanings

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

Origin

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.

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