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Dialectic vs Discursive - What's the difference?

dialectic | discursive |

As adjectives the difference between dialectic and discursive

is that dialectic is dialectical while discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

As a noun dialectic

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

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

    • discursive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
  • *
    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
  • (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

    • Derived terms

    * counterdiscursive

    See also

    * discourse ----