The Experience Dilemma in Heraclitus' Dialectical Thought
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v11i2.13748Keywords:
Heraclitus; Unity of Opposites; Experience; Dialectic.Abstract
Heraclitus' flux doctrine has been criticized for its unilateral emphasis on absolute motion while neglecting relative stability, which leads to a lack of clear positioning and evaluation of experience in his theory of the unity of opposites. This confusion is evident in various descriptions found in the surviving fragments of Heraclitus and has also sparked debates among subsequent scholars researching Heraclitus' theory of knowledge.
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