Dialectic

…the investigation of the truth of opinions through logical discussion. It ‘goes to first principles and lifts the soul’ (Plato – Republic)

Principles of dialectic are: willingness to be proved wrong, love of knowing the truth, following the thread of a conversation and answering
questions. We shall –

• Consider the nature and benefits of dialectic
• Observe speech in operation
• Spot assumptions
• Contrast dialectic with rhetoric
• Exercise the ability to combine and divide correctly
• Distinguish where meanings are different and where they are the same.

All welcome to explore this fundamental subject.

Starts 23 January 2010, 9.30am – 10.45am

Tutor Richard Garry

Fees £45 / concession or student £30

Enrol by phone – 020 7034 4000 or on arrival for first session