{"id":164,"date":"2021-09-13T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T20:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/chapter\/dialectics\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:41:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:41:38","slug":"dialectics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/chapter\/dialectics\/","title":{"raw":"11.2 Dialectics","rendered":"11.2 Dialectics"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>Explain the components, practice, and benefits of dialectical thinking<\/li>\n \t<li>Conduct a dialect discussion to consider other points of view on your topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs you read in <a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/\/chapter\/being-critical\/\">Section 10.3: Being Critical<\/a>, a strong persuasive essay will respectfully identify and discuss perspectives of the same topic. When you do this, you are presenting a well-rounded and complete discussion to your reader that shows you have critically thought about the topic and have been selective in choosing your points. As a result, there is a higher probably that you will convince your reader<em>.<\/em> The process of looking at multiple sides of a topic is called <strong>dialectics<\/strong>.\n\nDialectics is the act of using logical reasoning to combine, juxtapose, or synthesize opposing ideas to arrive at a strong conclusion.\n\n<strong>The Components of Dialectics<\/strong> To begin the dialectic process, you first need to come up with an idea of what topic will be discussed; this is the <strong>thesis<\/strong> behind the discussion. Once you have determined your thesis, through various methods (the easiest being discussion with someone else), you will explore opposing sides to the topic, eventually discovering at least one <strong>antithesis<\/strong>. Combining those two perspectives, you can then make your own conclusions. Maybe this process will result in you standing by the original thesis, or maybe the antithesis is incredibly convincing and you will switch sides of the argument, or maybe you still believe the original thesis but accept there are other conditions that have credibility as well. This end result is called the <strong>synthesis<\/strong>: the blending of ideas. Essentially, the process would look like this:\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2015\/08\/chap11_2.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680.png\" alt=\"Thesis plus Antithesis equals synthesis\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\"><\/a>\n\nConsidering both your thesis and the discovered antithetical perspectives will help you to arrive at a wider view of a topic: one that has more credibility. Looking back to the persuasive essay samples you read in <a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/\/chapter\/examples-persuasive-essay\/\">Section 10.4<\/a> and discussed in <strong>Self<\/strong><strong>-<\/strong><strong>Practice Exercise 11.5<\/strong>, consider to what degree the authors acknowledged opposing views. How did they justify their opinions? Consider how integrating dialectics into each of those arguments to a greater degree would have strengthened their points of view, ultimately making their arguments more convincing.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Self-Practice Exercise 11.6<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\n[h5p id=\"137\"]\n<div class=\"pdf\">\n\n<strong>H5P:\u00a0<\/strong>Integrating Dialectics\n\n<strong>Reviewing the Argument<\/strong>\n\nBased on the thesis \u201cGovernments use capital punishment as an effective tool for deterring violent crime,\u201d answer the following questions.\n<ul>\n \t<li>What is your stance on this statement? To what extent do you agree\/disagree?<\/li>\n \t<li>List all the ideas you can think of that would support your stance on the statement.<\/li>\n \t<li>List all the ideas you can think of that would counter your stance on the statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Embracing Perspectives<\/strong>\n\nDiscuss your answers with a partner (if you're not in class, enlist a trusted friend). Can you expand either list based on what your partner has to say? Make those notes below.\n\nAfter coming up with and considering the other perspective, has your point of view changed at all?\n\nDo you still stick by your same point of view 100 percent? Or do you concede that there are valid points from the other perspective?\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Self-Practice Exercise 11.7\/Discussion 3<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\n[h5p id=\"138\"]\n<div class=\"pdf\">\n\n<strong>H5P:\u00a0<\/strong>Dialectics\n\n<strong>Reviewing Your Notes<\/strong>\n\nFor this exercise, you will need the work you did for Self-Practice Exercise 11.4. In addition, you might find it helpful to review Self-Practice Exercise 11.6 in order to remind yourself of what dialectic work looks like.\n<ul>\n \t<li>Make a list of all the information you have that supports your thesis.<\/li>\n \t<li>Using your dialectic skills, work with a partner in class (or a trusted friend outside of class) to think through your position and any possible counter positions. Note what you learn from your discussions about the other side of the argument below.<\/li>\n \t<li>Did doing this exercise change your original point of view at all? Is there anything you can make concessions on being valid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Revising Your Work<\/strong>\n\nDoing this exercise may have changed your working thesis statement. Redraft your central argument below.\n\nNow, revise your outline, using one or two of the counter points and incorporating them into your argument.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the components, practice, and benefits of dialectical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a dialect discussion to consider other points of view on your topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you read in <a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/\/chapter\/being-critical\/\">Section 10.3: Being Critical<\/a>, a strong persuasive essay will respectfully identify and discuss perspectives of the same topic. When you do this, you are presenting a well-rounded and complete discussion to your reader that shows you have critically thought about the topic and have been selective in choosing your points. As a result, there is a higher probably that you will convince your reader<em>.<\/em> The process of looking at multiple sides of a topic is called <strong>dialectics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Dialectics is the act of using logical reasoning to combine, juxtapose, or synthesize opposing ideas to arrive at a strong conclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Components of Dialectics<\/strong> To begin the dialectic process, you first need to come up with an idea of what topic will be discussed; this is the <strong>thesis<\/strong> behind the discussion. Once you have determined your thesis, through various methods (the easiest being discussion with someone else), you will explore opposing sides to the topic, eventually discovering at least one <strong>antithesis<\/strong>. Combining those two perspectives, you can then make your own conclusions. Maybe this process will result in you standing by the original thesis, or maybe the antithesis is incredibly convincing and you will switch sides of the argument, or maybe you still believe the original thesis but accept there are other conditions that have credibility as well. This end result is called the <strong>synthesis<\/strong>: the blending of ideas. Essentially, the process would look like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2015\/08\/chap11_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680.png\" alt=\"Thesis plus Antithesis equals synthesis\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680.png 500w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680-65x26.png 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680-225x90.png 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2021\/09\/chap11_2-e1439238072680-350x140.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Considering both your thesis and the discovered antithetical perspectives will help you to arrive at a wider view of a topic: one that has more credibility. Looking back to the persuasive essay samples you read in <a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/\/chapter\/examples-persuasive-essay\/\">Section 10.4<\/a> and discussed in <strong>Self<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>Practice Exercise 11.5<\/strong>, consider to what degree the authors acknowledged opposing views. How did they justify their opinions? Consider how integrating dialectics into each of those arguments to a greater degree would have strengthened their points of view, ultimately making their arguments more convincing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Self-Practice Exercise 11.6<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div id=\"h5p-137\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-137\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"137\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Self-Practice 11.6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdf\">\n<p><strong>H5P:\u00a0<\/strong>Integrating Dialectics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewing the Argument<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the thesis \u201cGovernments use capital punishment as an effective tool for deterring violent crime,\u201d answer the following questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your stance on this statement? To what extent do you agree\/disagree?<\/li>\n<li>List all the ideas you can think of that would support your stance on the statement.<\/li>\n<li>List all the ideas you can think of that would counter your stance on the statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Embracing Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discuss your answers with a partner (if you&#8217;re not in class, enlist a trusted friend). Can you expand either list based on what your partner has to say? Make those notes below.<\/p>\n<p>After coming up with and considering the other perspective, has your point of view changed at all?<\/p>\n<p>Do you still stick by your same point of view 100 percent? Or do you concede that there are valid points from the other perspective?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Self-Practice Exercise 11.7\/Discussion 3<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div id=\"h5p-138\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-138\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"138\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Self-Practice Exercise 11.7\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdf\">\n<p><strong>H5P:\u00a0<\/strong>Dialectics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewing Your Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this exercise, you will need the work you did for Self-Practice Exercise 11.4. In addition, you might find it helpful to review Self-Practice Exercise 11.6 in order to remind yourself of what dialectic work looks like.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make a list of all the information you have that supports your thesis.<\/li>\n<li>Using your dialectic skills, work with a partner in class (or a trusted friend outside of class) to think through your position and any possible counter positions. Note what you learn from your discussions about the other side of the argument below.<\/li>\n<li>Did doing this exercise change your original point of view at all? Is there anything you can make concessions on being valid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Revising Your Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doing this exercise may have changed your working thesis statement. Redraft your central argument below.<\/p>\n<p>Now, revise your outline, using one or two of the counter points and incorporating them into your argument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-164","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":159,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/164\/revisions\/221"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/159"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/164\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/writingforsuccessh5p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}