Noun : His trilemma consisted in not knowing whether to acknowledge receipt, deny it, or simply leave. From Dictionary.com.
The trilemma is that we can have at most two out of three. From Wordnik.com. [Reality and Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Ok, so it's not really a "trilemma"; it is three related, but very different, decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
A "trilemma" is like a dilemma, only there are three things to choose from and you can have just two. From Wordnik.com. [Back to Basics on Financial Reform] Reference
Dr. Alan Rhoda presents it as the following trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
We can add "Legend or Just Mistaken" to the false trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity] Reference
Deceitful, Deluded, Doofus: The new trilemma? hoary puccoon. From Wordnik.com. [ERV & HIV versus Behe. Behe loses. - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
That would be to impale ourselves on the horns of a trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Back to Basics on Financial Reform] Reference
At which point Reason puts you back on the horns of the trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Faith?] Reference
I think this forces a dilemma when it really should be at least a trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Caplan vs. Sowell, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Two sets may also constitute a trilemma (mu-gsum) or a tetralemma (mu-bzhi). From Wordnik.com. [Relationships between Two Objects in General] Reference
So, now you see my trilemma...three questions, three paths, three decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
I agree that the trilemma exists, but we have, what, one out of three right now?. From Wordnik.com. [Reality and Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The relationship between two sets is a trilemma if there are three possibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Relationships between Two Objects in General] Reference
I'm not saying the trilemma proves anything to people who think the argument is weak. From Wordnik.com. [Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity] Reference
Much of the "reality-based community" (an Orwellian label if there ever was one) denies that the trilemma exists. From Wordnik.com. [Reality and Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I have also addressed Lewis's use of the trilemma argument in a paper delivered at a conference a couple of years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Review of Bart Ehrman, Jesus, Interrupted] Reference
The sets of substantially established phenomena and self-sufficiently knowable phenomena, then, constitute a trilemma (mu-gsum). From Wordnik.com. [Basic Features of the Gelug-Chittamatra System ��� 1 Types of Phenomena and Ways of Existing] Reference
See Mapp and its progeny. (also, the “cruel trilemma” of perjury, self-accusation or contempt of court mentioned in Andreson). From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Albemarle’s useless DUI checkpoint.] Reference
What support can Rev. Muse offer for this trilemma?. From Wordnik.com. [The Barefoot Bum] Reference
Grotius argued for a trilemma about a claim made by the apostles. From Wordnik.com. [The Secular Outpost] Reference
Let us face a trilemma; three, and only three plans, were possible for. From Wordnik.com. [God's Plan with Men] Reference
Sincerely, this is the actual trilemma that confronts every one of us. From Wordnik.com. [A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy] Reference
We can call the argument against the "great moral teacher" hypothesis the modest trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [dangerous idea] Reference
Defending the modest trilemma will certainly be easier than defending the ambitious trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [dangerous idea] Reference
So I maintain that any reform of the international economic system must face up to this trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [European Tribune] Reference
Michael White's political briefing: High-wire trilemma for Cameroons Close. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Not merely a dilemma but a trilemma!. From Wordnik.com. [Grade A Twats] Reference
A false trilemma not a big Lewis fan either?. From Wordnik.com. [Inigo Montoya Addresses Fundamentalists] Reference
So, Hume argues, we are faced with a trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [The Fig and the Olive] Reference
For all the English majors out there, it's actually a trilemma.). From Wordnik.com. [BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
There is no getting out of this trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [The Teaching of Jesus] Reference
Dayton / Hillman's trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Royals Review] Reference
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