You might find Hegelian dialectics to mirror your train of thought here, if you weren’t already aware of it: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectic

You might find Hegelian dialectics to mirror your train of thought here, if you weren’t already aware of it: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/ I think where Hegel differs from you though is that the resolution of a contradiction can be something new and different, rather than just being an aspect of the original definitions. Take ‘order’ vs ‘chaos’ - a resolution does not require choice between one and the other, but can consist of asking a novel question like what structure (order) of society best maximizes individual freedom (chaos)?