dialectical materialism

Dialectical materialism (sometimes abbreviated diamat) is a philosophy of science and nature, based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and developed largely in Russia and the Soviet Union.

It was inspired by dialectic and materialist philosophical traditions.

The main idea of dialectical materialism lies in the concept of the evolution of the natural world and the emergence of new qualities of being at new stages of evolution. As Z. A. Jordan notes, "Engels made constant use of the metaphysical insight that the higher level of existence emerges from and has its roots in the lower; that the higher level constitutes a new order of being with its irreducible laws; and that this process of evolutionary advance is governed by laws of development which reflect basic properties of 'matter in motion as a whole'."

Discuss...(Alan Cooke wants to go first )

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Your an obedient person
Alan I hope you knew what you were talking about

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Dialectical materialism great for making curtains but a bit thin so you can see right through it

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Come on Alan you threw down the gauntlet

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@Meg!
Bravo Ruthio, I have to say I’m a bit rusty on me dialecticals at the moment so I’ll give this one a miss if you don’t mind.

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I will lay awake tonight thinking of the ramifications of this topic.

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He did!
He even threw it down twice so I had to reply twice!

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Is this the new government's plan for the future? If so, no surprise!

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I've just ordered a portion of it with my Chinese takeaway...hope it's not too hot...

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I had a Dialectical once but one of the wheels fell off.