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Aporia vs Dialectic - What's the difference?

aporia | dialectic |

As a verb aporia

is .

As a noun dialectic is

any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.

As an adjective dialectic is

dialectical.

aporia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
  • * 2012 , , ‘Text Messenger’, Literary Review 404:
    • Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.
  • (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

    • Synonyms

    * impasse, paradox, contradiction

    External links

    * (Aporia) ----

    dialectic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dialectick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
  • A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
    • This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.

    Related terms

    * dialect * dialectical * dialogue * trialectic, trialectics

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dialectical