trialectics en · NOUN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A level of logic. The first being Fomral logic (Aristotelian, the second being Dialectic logic (Hegelian) and the third being Trialectic logic (Ichazoan)
- (uncountable) A form of dialectical reasoning with a spatial basis rather than a temporal one.