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Dialectical materialism is a materialist theory based upon the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that has found widespread applications in a variety of philosophical disciplines ranging from philosophy of history to philosophy of science.[1][2] As a materialist philosophy, Marxist dialectics emphasizes the importance of real-world conditions and the presence of contradictions within and among social relations, such as social class, labour economics, and socioeconomic interactions.[3] Within Marxism, a contradiction is a relationship in which two forces oppose each other, leading to mutual development.[4]: 256 The first law of dialectics is about “the unity and conflict of opposites”. It explains that all things are made up of opposing forces, not purely "good" nor purely "bad", but that everything contains internal contradictions at varying levels of aspects we might call "good" or "bad", depending on the conditions and perspective. An example of this unity and conflict is the

Dialectical materialism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philosophy of science and nature Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of nature and philosophy of science , developed in the late 19th century based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels . By synthesising Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 's dialectic with philosophical materialism , dialectical materialism proposes that the world is material, that all phenomena are the result of matter in motion, and that the world's evolution is the product of a dialectical process driven by internal contradi

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