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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
Loevinger's stages of ego development

ego development

Source
Jane Loevinger
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
http://abhidhamma....

moral action

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
10
User
scotty
Polynym
Bagua

natural disaster

Source
I Ching
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Design methods

design process

Source
L. Bruce Archer
Area
Design
Mode
step
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Types of Karma (Jainism)

harming karma

Source
Jainism
Area
Theology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Phenomenology (philosophy)

phenomenology

Source
Goethe
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Text types

writing

Area
Literature
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Quadrivium

quadrivium

Source
Boethius
Area
Education
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Rostow's stages of growth

economic growth

Source
Walt Whitman Rostow
Area
Economics
Mode
step
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Nucleobase

DNA

Source
Hallick
Area
Biology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Erich Fromm

orientation

Source
Erich Fromm
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

philosophy

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
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