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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
Pratītyasamutpāda

twelve-fold chain

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
12
User
scotty
Polynym
Branches of science

Natural Sciences

Source
Unidentified
Area
Scientific Research
Mode
type
Depth
12
User
dane
Polynym
Learning styles

learning

Source
Walter Burke Barbe
Area
Education
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason

explanation

Source
Arthur Schopenhauer
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Learning styles

learning

Source
Grash/Riechmann
Area
Education
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development

moral development

Source
Lawrence Kohlberg
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Cognition

cognition

Source
Benjamin Bloom
Area
Psychology
Mode
part
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
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Noble Pursuits of Man

Source
Alfred N. Whitehead
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
dane
Polynym
Taxonomy (biology)

living things

Source
Linnean
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
kemp
Polynym
Phase transition

phase transition

Area
Physics
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Dravya

substance

Source
Jain
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Tuckman's stages of group development

group development

Source
Bruce Tuckman
Area
Sociology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
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