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Trilemma

A trilemma is a difficult choice from three options, each of which is (or appears) unacceptable or unfavourable. There are two logically equivalent ways in which to express a trilemma: it can be expressed as a choice among three unfavourable options, one of which must be chosen, or as a choice among three favourable options, only two of which are…

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to The Brexit trilemma · 19
Trilemma → Brexit, British, EU, Europe, European Single Market, European Union, European Union Customs Union, Following, Great Britain, Ireland, Irish Sea, It, May, These, This, UK, UK/EU, United Kingdom, Whilst
related to The Münchhausen trilemma · 11
Trilemma → All, German, Hans Albert, In, Its, Münchhausen, One, The, Therefore, This, We
related to Holmström's theorem · 10
Trilemma → Bengt Holmström, For, In Moral Hazard, Insolvency, Instability, Martyrdom, Nash, Pareto, Teams, This
related to Apologetic trilemma · 9
Trilemma → Christian, God, It, Jesus, Lewis, Liar, Lord, Lunatic, One
related to The project-management trilemma · 8
Trilemma → Arthur, Cheap, Clarke, Good, In, Pick, Quick, This
related to The "impossible trinity" · 7
Trilemma → According, Fleming, In, It, Marcus Fleming, Mundell, Robert Mundell
related to The trilemma of censorship · 7
Trilemma → False, Half-true, If, In John Stuart Mill's, Leo Parker-Rees, On Liberty, True
related to The Zionist trilemma · 7
Trilemma → Arab, However, Israel, Jewish, Mandatory Palestine, Palestine, Zionists
related to Epicurus' trilemma · 6
Trilemma → David Hume, Epicurus, God, Greek, If God, One
is a · 4
Trilemma → application of a circular argument, application of a circular argument.The trilemma of censorshipIn John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, argument against the possibility of proving any certain truth even in the fields of logic and mathematics, difficult choice from three options

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Trilemmais adifficult choice from three options0.90text
Trilemmais aargument against the possibility of proving any certain truth even in the fields of logic and mathematics0.90text
Trilemmais aapplication of a circular argument.The trilemma of censorshipIn John Stuart Mill's On Liberty0.90text
Trilemmais aapplication of a circular argument0.90text
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaOne0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaChristian0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaJesus0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaLewis0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaIt0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaGod0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaLunatic0.60section
Trilemmarelated to Apologetic trilemmaLiar0.60section

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