Dialectic and Dialetheism

Abstract

In this article, I consider the possibility of interpreting Hegel's dialectic as dialetheism. After a first basic recapitulation about the meaning of the words 'dialetheism' and 'dialectic' and a consideration of Priest's own account of the relation between dialectical and dialetheic logic in 1989, I discuss some controversial issues, not directly considered by Priest. As a matter of fact, the reflection on paraconsistent logics and dialetheism has enormously grown in recent years. In addition, the reception of Hegel's logic and metaphysics has also impressively improved. So I suggest that the discussion about the binomial dialectic/dialetheism should be reopened, on these new bases.

Marx's Conception of Dialectical Contradiction in Commodity

“…See especially Priest and his discussion of Hegel and Marx (1990, 2002). See also Bordignon (2017) and Ficara (2012) for helpful discussions regarding the relation between Hegel and dialetheism.…”

Hegel's Theory of Normativity

“…However, as Michael Wolff and many others have noted, Hegel almost never speaks of contradictions as existing between two propositions; indeed, he explicitly denies that sentences or propositions ( Sätze ) are the proper bearer of philosophic truth claims (EL §33 R). When Hegel speaks of the existence or reality of contradictions, we need not read this as involving a commitment to the controversial idea that there are some propositions that are both true and false (for the contrary view, however, see Ficara [2013]).…”