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A comment on Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021). Parent comment

Re:Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021) by Sin2x on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:05PM (#32228445)
Dialectics teaches about unity of opposites so I don't see how it fits here.
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Re:Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021) by rgrieselhuber on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:12PM (#32228552)
Synthesis does not equal unity.
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Re:Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021) by Sin2x on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:19PM (#32228652)
Well, Wikipedia article on the concept is titled "Unity of opposites". Anyway, I just don't understand how dialectics has anything to do with what is being discussed. Division is opposite of both unity and synthesis.
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