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AGNES DENES : ANAYTICAL WORKS

(WHOSE VISUALISED POINTS, PROBES, AND STUDIES GROW IN

INCREASINGLY INTERRELATED AND COMPLEX DIMENSIONALITY-

BARBARA REISE)

Dialectic Triangulation: A Visual
Philosophy
Dialectic Triangulation is an art
definition. It refers to a process
leading to the visualization of
mechanisms and hypotheses. It is the
application of inquiries to aspects of
human existence and knowledge.
Functionally, Dialectic Triangulation
is a simplification and systematic re-
building of complexes on any subject
or matter by the application of various
methods (listed below). One builds
progressive trichotomies failing and
succeeding in a dialectic method, each
time arriving at a better thesis on a
higher level. Dialectic means a forever
rising knowledge, a deepening
awareness or consciousness through
which the trinities are argued and re-
grouped. Triangulation is the activating
force which institutes the interaction
of static states. It is also the
combination of intellect, instinct and
intuition.
Dia. Tri. is a clarification of ideas
and the revaluation of accepted
knowledge. It raises a concern by
exposing the workings of hypotheses
instead of hiding them behind symbols
— that of art as illusion. It probes to
locate and expose the centre of things,
the true inner core of inherent but not
yet understood or disclosed meaning.
This type of art is analytical; it goes
beyond illusionism and deals with
realities.

Types of Triangulations:
a. inanimate tri-groups representing
all of a genus, class, category
b. re-grouping or classification
c. accepted facts examined, their
importance re-established or denied
d. perceptual and ideational errors,
various distortions and loss in
communication analyzed and
diagrammed
e. arriving at a conclusion derived
from two propositions
f. arriving at a mean between two
extremes
g. the building of one proposition
through dimensional trisection into
trichotomies
h. the building of one proposition
through divisional trisection into
trichotomies
i. pure idea groups activated by
controversy
j. interdependent or progressive ideas
becoming effective through successive
stages of advancement
k. threefold theories interchangeable
— not interchangeable, and those
forming argumentative conclusions
I. a seeking of universal validity,
reality or truth
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