The dialectical method arranges material so that, once the relevant premises are granted, the audience can recognize the required consequence. Its basis is implication, not repetition of a statement.
Suppose the stability of an order is granted, while a hypothetical condition would necessarily disrupt that order. The observed absence of disruption may be used to reject the hypothesis. The assumed premise, its consequence, and the final conclusion must be distinguished.
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The Dialectical Method and Elegant Causal Attribution: Proof and Four Modes of Ḥusn al-Taʿlīl
The dialectical method arranges material so that, once the relevant premises are granted, the audience can recognize the required consequence. Its basis is implication, not repetition of a statement.
Suppose the stability of an order is granted, while a hypothetical condition would necessarily disrupt that order. The observed absence of disruption may be used to reject the hypothesis. The assumed premise, its consequence, and the final conclusion must be distinguished.