Look up: dualism

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   dualism
   [n] - the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
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   dualism
   In philosophy, the belief that reality is essentially dual in nature. The French philosopher RenéDescartes, for example, referred to thinking and material substance. These entities interact but are...
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   Dualism
   Du'al·ism noun [ Confer French dualisme .] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction ; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.) (b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good ...
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   dualism
   <physiology> State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. 'An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole.' (Emerson) ...
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   dualism
   noun the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
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   Dualism
   `Dualism` denotes a state of two parts. The word's origin is the Latin `duo`, `two` . The term 'dualism' was originally coined to denote co-eternal binary opposition, a meaning that is preserved in metaphysical and philosophical discourse but has been diluted in general usage.
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   Dualism
   • (n.) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. • (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. • (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprob...
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   dualism
   in philosophy, the use of two irreducible, heterogeneous principles (sometimes in conflict, sometimes complementary) to analyze the knowing process ... [9 related articles]
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   dualism
   in religion, the doctrine that the world (or reality) consists of two basic, opposed, and irreducible principles that account for all that exists. It ... [31 related articles]
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    dualism
    Any religious or philosophical system characterized by a fundamental opposition of two independent or complimentary principles. Among religious dualisms are the unending conflict of good and evil spirits envisaged in Zoroastrianism and the opposition of light and darkness in Jewish apocalyptic, Gnos...
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    dualism
    dualism, any philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of two distinct and irreducible principles. It is opposed to monism and pluralism. In Plato's philosophy there is an ultimate dualism of being and becoming, of ideas and matter. Aristotle criticized Plato's doctrine of th...
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    Dualism
    (Lat. duo, two) (a) In metaphysics: Theory which admits in any given domain, two independent and mutually irreducible substances e.g. the Platonic dualism of the sensible and intelligible worlds, the Cartesian dinlism of thinking and extended substances, the Leibnizian dualism of the actual and possible worlds, the Kantian dualism of the noumenal ...
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