Abstract:

The essence, application and confirmation of validity of the method of dialectical thinking are all inherently related to the intersubjective relationship. This article expounds the intersubjective dimension of the dialectical thinking method from the following four angles. First, to achieve unanimity through the contention of different opinions is a universal law of the dialectical contradictory movement of thinking. Second, either as the application of laws and categories or as a system of normative rules, the method of dialectical thinking has an intersubjective dimension. Thirdly, this dimension embodies itself through those essential links of dialectical thinking. And finally, when the method of dialectical thinking is applied to the development of dialectical logic, the intersubjective dimension calls for the policy of letting a hundred schools of thought contend.

Key words: the method of dialectical thinking, to achieve unanimity through the contention of different opinions, intersubjectivity, let a hundred schools of thought contend