Is the World a Dialectical Place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10487381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Goldstick (0000-0002-6513-0346, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 422-436 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-8237 • E-ISSN: 1943-2801 |
| Publisher | Guilford Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00368237251383449 |
| OpenAlex | W7128767652 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Universal interconnection and universal change are what call for the dialectical method of inquiry. Superdeterminism requires that the changes coming to anything result, in part, from causes within it, but its perseverance nonetheless will mean these are temporarily counteracted: so every phenomenon is contradictory. Nor can change remain unchangingly incremental: at a threshold, quantity will be transformed into quality. Neither can the superseded remain unchangingly absent, or return just as before: hence, the negation of the negation
Dialectic · Law of excluded middle · Negation · Phenomenon · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy and History of Science
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |