A dichotomy /daɪˈkɒtəmi/ is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets). In other words, this couple of parts must be jointly exhaustive:...
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False dilemma (redirect from False dichotomy)
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...
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Madonna–whore complex (redirect from Virgin-whore dichotomy)
film Spider also focuses on the complex. Ambivalence Coolidge effect Dichotomy Female Chauvinist Pigs Friend zone Gender norms in abstinence-only sex...
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conspicuous feature of Mars is a sharp contrast, known as the Martian dichotomy, between the Southern and the Northern hemispheres. The two hemispheres'...
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computer science, a dichotomic search is a search algorithm that operates by selecting between two distinct alternatives (dichotomies or polychotomies when...
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In descriptive set theory, a branch of mathematics, Silver's dichotomy (also known as Silver's theorem) is a statement about equivalence relations, named...
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The politics-administration dichotomy is a theory that constructs the boundaries of public administration and asserts the normative relationship between...
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Institutional dichotomy, according to John Wolfenden (responsible for the Wolfenden Report), in his essay The Gap — The Bridge, states that the dichotomization...
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Ousterhout's dichotomy is computer scientist John Ousterhout's categorization that high-level programming languages tend to fall into two groups, each...
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Zeno's paradoxes (redirect from Dichotomy paradox)
the strongest and most famous—that of Achilles and the tortoise, the Dichotomy argument, and that of an arrow in flight—are presented in detail below...
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