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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

13883	The best way to understand a philosophical idea is to defend it [Wright,C]
	Full Idea: The most productive way in which to attempt an understanding of any philosophical idea is to work on its defence.
	From: Crispin Wright (Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects [1983], 1.vii)
	A reaction: Very nice. The key point is that this brings greater understanding than working on attacking an idea, which presumably has the dangers of caricature, straw men etc. It is the Socratic insight that dialectic is the route to wisdom.