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As nouns the difference between dichotomy and concept

is that dichotomy is a separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division while concept is an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

dichotomy

Noun

(dichotomies)
  • A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
  • * 1989', Carole Pateman, ''6: Feminist Critiques of the Public/Private '''Dichotomy'' , ''The Disorder of Women: Democracy, Feminism, and Political Theory , page 118,
  • The dichotomy' between the private and the public is central to almost two centuries of feminist writing and political struggle; it is, ultimately, what the feminist movement is all about. Although some feminists treat the ' dichotomy as a universal, trans-historical and trans-cultural feature of human existence, feminist criticism is primarily directed at the separation and opposition between the public and private spheres in liberal theory and practice.
  • * 2003 , Thérèse Encrenaz et al''., Storm Dunlop (translator), ''The Solar System'' [''Système Solaire ], page 232,
  • The dichotomy between maria and highlands dominates lunar mineralogy.
  • * 2005 , S. P. Naidu, Public Administration: Concepts And Theories , page 55,
  • Despite some contradictions found in the essay, its major emphasis is laid on the politics-administration dichotomy' theory. It is largely devoted to the argument concerning the separability of politics and administration. The politics-administration ' dichotomy initiated by Wilson was later elaborated by Frank J. Goodnow in his work, “Politics and Administration” (1900).
  • * 2008 , N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics , 6th Edition, page 723,
  • All of this previous analysis was based on two related ideas: the classical dichotomy' and monetary neutrality. Recall that the classical ' dichotomy is the separation of variables into real variables (those that measure quantities or relative prices) and nominal variables (those measured in terms of money).
  • Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
  • (logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man'' into ''white'' and ''not white .
  • * 2011 , Patrick J. Hurley, A Concise Introduction to Logic , page 162,
  • But in the fallacy of false dichotomy , not only do the two alternatives fail to be jointly exhaustive, but they are not even likely. As a result, the disjunctive premise is false, or at least probably false.
  • * 2011 , Tomasz A. Gorarzd, Jacek Krzaczkowski, The Complexity of Problems Connected with Two-Element Algebras'', Pawe? M. Idziak, AndrzejWronski, ''Reports on Mathematical Logic: No. 46 , page 92,
  • One can ask if for any algebra the considered problem is always in P or NP-complete (P or coNP-complete)? For example, the problem of the satisfiability of a system of polynomial equations over a group G is in P if G is abelian and NP-complete otherwise ([7, 13]).
    One of the most widely known subclasses of NP which exhibits such a dichotomy', is the class of constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) on the set {0,1}, see [16]. Recently Bulatov proved the ' dichotomy for CSP on a three-element set [3].
  • (biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
  • (astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
  • * 1854 , Edward Greswell, Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ: Tables of the Roman Calendar , Volume 1, page 261,
  • The Ides of Januarius indeed, the preceding month, must have fallen on March 1 at midnight, two days before the first dichotomy of the mean new moon of that month, March 3 at midnight.
  • (biology) Successive division and subdivision; successive bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin.
  • (biology) A fork (bifurcation) in a stem or vein.
  • * 1969 , J. F. Rigby, Permian Sphenopsids from Antarctica'', ''Geological Survey Professional Paper 613-F , page F-9,
  • In one forked leaf there is a distinct vein dichotomy', and the leaf boundary commences 1.5 mm above the ' dichotomy .
  • * 2010 , V. Singh, P. C. Pande, D. K. Jain, Text Book Of Botany: Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams , 4th Edition, page 511,
  • In most of the creeping species with dorsiventral stems (e.g., S. kraussiana'', ''S. laevigata'') roots arise at or close to the point of dichotomy'''; in species like ''S. rupestris'' and ''S. wallichii'' they arise at the point of '''dichotomy as well as other positions and in ''S. selaginoides'' and ''S. spinulosa they arise from knot like swellings present at the basal portion of the stem.

    Synonyms

    * (division into parts) partition, trichotomy

    Derived terms

    * dichotomic * dichotomically * dichotomise * dichotomous * false dichotomy

    See also

    * bifurcation * bisection * duality * law of the excluded middle * partition (Webster 1913)

    concept

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
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  • , date = 2011-07-20 , author = Edwin Mares , title = Propositional Functions , site = The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , url = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2011/entries/propositional-function , accessdate = 2012-07-15 }}
    Frege's concepts are very nearly propositional functions in the modern sense. Frege explicitly recognizes them as functions. Like Peirce's rhema, a concept is unsaturated . They are in some sense incomplete. Although Frege never gets beyond the metaphorical in his description of the incompleteness of concepts and other functions, one thing is clear: the distinction between objects and functions is the main division in his metaphysics. There is something special about functions that makes them very different from objects.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts' are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological ' concept ?}}
  • (programming)   In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
  • Synonyms

    * conception * notion * abstraction

    Hyponyms

    * conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality * notion * scheme * rule, regulation * property, attribute, dimension * abstraction, abstract * quantity * part, section, division * whole * law, natural law, law of nature * hypothesis * possibility * theory * fact * rule

    Derived terms

    * concept car * concept map * high-concept * macroconcept * microconcept * primitive concept * proof of concept

    See also

    * essential * fundamental * idea * meaning * pattern * thought