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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
The Seven Basic Plots

plot

Source
Christopher Booker
Area
Storytelling
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
scotty
Polynym
Four boxes of liberty

box of liberty

Source
Stephen Decatur Miller
Area
Politics
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Quadrivium

quadrivium

Source
Boethius
Area
Education
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym

The Learning Attitude

Source
Common Terms
Area
Education
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
dane
Polynym
Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry

poetry

Source
Ezra Pound
Area
Literature
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Optical illusion

Illusions

Source
Richard Gregory
Area
Cognition
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
dane
Polynym
Charles Sanders Peirce

logic

Source
Charles Peirce
Area
Semiotics
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Nucleobase

DNA

Source
Hallick
Area
Biology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Media type

media

Source
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Area
Media
Mode
type
Depth
10
User
scotty
Polynym
http://abhidhamma....

immoral action

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
10
User
scotty
Polynym
Tuckman's stages of group development

group development

Source
Bruce Tuckman
Area
Sociology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
http://mathforum.o...

symmetry in a plane

Area
Mathematics
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
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