What is Hegel’s Dialectic?

Hegel grasped the positive significance of the contradictions that reason falls into, and argued that in general, all finite things produce their opposites driven by inherent contradictions, and through mediation, they are both sublated to a higher stage, establishing this as the principle of all movement in the real world. (From Kotobank)

My interpretation is that all ideologies, assertions, and ideas in the real world are not simply correct in a one-sided manner. They always contain contradictions within them, and in the process of understanding and incorporating these opposing structures, one’s awareness develops to a higher level.

I think this applies not only to human thinking but also to all phenomena in the natural world.

For all matter, every action has a reaction; every movement involves friction; gravity is not just for the sun and earth but mutually affects all matter. The currents of rivers and winds don’t just flow in one direction; they are subjected to various forces, changing their flow moment by moment.

Speaking in technical terms, computer programs also inherently contain bugs, and by resolving them, they evolve into higher-level programs. A program without bugs could be considered an uninteresting, stagnant program. It will eventually become obsolete.

The surrounding environment is constantly changing with the times. Instead of ignoring self-contradictions, strangely justifying them, or rigidly fixing our mindsets, I want us to always review our ways of thinking and perceiving things, flexibly adapting our thoughts.