The Dialectical Method

The Dialectical Method

• Hegel՚s idealism is famous for its dialectical method.
• The dialectical method is based on the assumption of the identity of thought and things.
• It is the thought itself which passes from the abstract to the concrete, from the empty to the fuller ideas.
• Ultimately, things are nothing but a system of thoughts.
• This can been seen under the topics of being, non-being and becoming.
• To understand the dialectic method, we have to first reflect upon the first triad of being, non-being and b…

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Three Grades of Knowledge: Intuitive Knowledge, Demonstrative Knowledge, Sensitive Knowledge

• According to Locke, the clarity of man՚s knowledge depends upon the co-relation between the ideas in the mind.
• In the process of co-relation of ideas, at times this reaction become obvious almost immediately.
• But, at other times, it takes a longer period.
• On the basis of this Locke has given the three grades of Knowledge. They are;
  • Intuitive Knowledge
  • Demonstrative Knowledge
  • Sensitive Knowledge

Intuitive Knowledge

• ′ Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or the disagreement of tow ideas immediately by i…

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