English
trialectics
Blend of tri- + dialectics, as though the latter came from di- (“two”).
A blend of tri- + dialectics
Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι ‘to participate in a dialogue’
Ancient Greek διαλεκτικός ‘competent debater’
Ancient Greek διαλεκτική ‘the art of argument through interactive…’
English dialectics
The story
Blend of tri- + dialectics, as though the latter came from di- (‘two’). The term was first proposed by Oscar Ichazo in the late 1950s and later proposed for a different meaning by Edward Soja.
Today it means
noun A level of logic. The first being Fomral logic (Aristotelian, the second being Dialectic logic (Hegelian) and the third being Trialectic logic (Ichazoan)
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Etymograph / trialectics