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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
Puruṣārtha

meaning of life

Source
Hinduism
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Bloom's taxonomy

psychomotor development

Source
Benjamin Bloom
Area
Psychology
Mode
part
Depth
7
User
scotty
Polynym
Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry

poetry

Source
Ezra Pound
Area
Literature
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
https://courses.lu...

Musical Textures

Source
Common Terms
Area
Music Theory
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
dane
Polynym
Three Bodies Doctrine

consciousness

Source
Hinduism
Area
Theology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Six degrees of freedom

freedom of motion

Area
Design
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
https://innerself....

dream

Source
Gillian Kemp
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Kübler-Ross model

grief

Source
Kübler-Ross
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
http://web.media.m...

ways to think

Source
Marvin Minsky
Area
AI
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
dane
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

sign

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
10
User
scotty
Polynym
http://health.gene...

health

Area
Metaphysics
Mode
type
Depth
6
User
davekud
Polynym
Type A and Type B personality theory

personality

Source
Meyer Friedman
Area
Medicine
Mode
type
Depth
2
User
scotty
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