Logic and History

Like Analytical Logic, Dialectical Logic distinguishes between terms and operations, while unlike the former, it does not conceive terms as atomistic, and, hence, it does not conceive that distinction as absolute, i. e. Dialectical operations are immanent in its terms.  However, a Teleological principle undermines that contrast, since it entails a permanent end state, and, hence, the possibility of a term that inherently precludes any further operations.  Thus, the positing of Socialism as the Telos of History undermines the thesis of Dialectical Materialism that e. g. Feudalism and Capitalism are inherently unstable conditions.  Conversely, proposed corrections to that problem, 'permanent revolution' and 'Negative Dialects', cannot account for any fixed conditions.  So, a more flexible concept of History is one consisting in moments that are more or less stable, requiring a Logic in which differentiation and integration are not mutually exclusive, as are Negation and Conjunction in Analytical Logic, and Negation and Synthesis in Dialectical Logic.