The purpose of the dialectic method of reasoning is resolution of disagreement through rational discussion, and, ultimately, the search for truth.

They are also credited as a source of the dialectic method used by Socrates.

If that is so he might almost be considered the initiator of scholasticism with its dialectic method.

The question-answer approach is called the "dialectic method," and permits history to be taught Socratically as well.

Janzen's work exemplifies the dialectic method of research applied to the biology of the natural world.

The Buddha's dialectic method was always the same.

Countless men have become eminent in philosophy, because they have studied the matter thoroughly, either by scientific investigation or using dialectic methods.

Second, he provides the conditions for the dialectic method to be used in finding definitions, as for example in the Sophist.

The theological teaching was ruled by the Schoolmen, and the dialectic method prevailed in all departments.

With the dialectic method, the subject and content were side factors in his research.