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 220 Polynyms
 154 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  40 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   8 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Hinduism
   4 Max Weber
   3 Wu Xing 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 davekud
  21 kemp
  20 Greggo

To help us think, we group and divide things.

Yin-Yang (2) and Freud's psyche (3) are idea sets, or polynyms.
They span all cultures and disciplines.

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Polynym examples:
Polynym
Design methods

design process

Source
UK Design Council
Area
Design
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Dreyfus model of skill acquisition

mental function

Source
Stuart & Hubert Dreyfus
Area
Sociology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Puruṣārtha

meaning of life

Source
Hinduism
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Branches of science

Formal Sciences

Source
Unidentified
Area
Scientific Research
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
dane
Polynym
Id, ego and super-ego

personality

Source
Sigmund Freud
Area
Psychology
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
http://buddhanet.n...

suffering

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
11
User
scotty
Polynym
Five elements (Japanese philosophy)

element

Source
Buddhism
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Authority (sociology)

authority

Source
Max Weber
Area
Sociology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Guṇa

guna

Source
Hinduism
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

contradiction

Source
G.W.F Hegel
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Taxonomy (biology)

living things

Source
Linnean
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
kemp
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

science

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
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