noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
thesis; positing
Philosophical term, especially in Hegelian dialectics, referring to the initial proposition or affirmation that is opposed by an antithesis. Also used more broadly for positing or establishing a proposition.
In Hegelian dialectics, thought progresses through the three stages of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
彼は議論の出発点として一つの定立を提示した。
He presented a thesis as the starting point of the discussion.