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dilemma and omnipotence
In addition, some philosophers have considered the assumption that a being is either omnipotent or non-omnipotent to be a false dilemma, as it neglects the possibility of varying degrees of omnipotence.
In addition, the Euthyphro dilemma, first proposed by Plato, presented a dilemma which threatened either to leave morality subject to the whims of God, or challenge his omnipotence.

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Love is the crucial dilemma of experience for Mann's heroes.
The specific analogy to the dilemma of love is the problem of the `` breakthrough '' in the realm of art.
As capitalism in the 20th century has become increasingly dependent upon force and violence for its survival, the private detective is placed in a serious dilemma.
It is the growing contradiction between individualism and public service in the mystery story which creates this fatal dilemma.
That dilemma is as much with us as ever.
But the solution to this dilemma is not the incorporation of the United States into an Atlantic Community or `` economic empire '', but merely what libertarians like Henry Hazlitt and Ludwig Von Mises have been arguing for years: an end to government regulations, an end to government competition in industry, and a realistic depreciation allowance for industry.
Here, the choice is that between the horns of a dilemma.
The government has recognized the dilemma and is beginning to devise some moral education for the schools -- but the teachers often have no firm conviction and are confused.
Using an existing language to bootstrap a new language is one way to solve the " chicken or the egg " causality dilemma.
The informal definition above is subject to a rounding problem called the table-maker's dilemma whereas the modern definition is not.
However, this conclusion is based on the assumption that current evolutionary theory and intelligent design are the only two valid models to explain life, a false dilemma.
A famous paradox called the Euthyphro dilemma essentially asks: is something right because God commands it, or does God command it because it's right?
The dilemma is however claimed to be false by some religious apologists, who claim that goodness is the very nature of God and is necessarily expressed in His commands.
The current social dilemma is one that has emerged from the controlling body mainly relying on classic Russian ethnicities, to Kyrgyz or Turkic ethnic groups shaping and forming the infrastructure of Kyrgyzstan.
A false dilemma ( also called false dichotomy, the either-or fallacy, fallacy of false choice, black-and-white thinking, or the fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses ) is a type of logical fallacy that involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there is at least one additional option.
False dilemma can arise intentionally, when fallacy is used in an attempt to force a choice ( such as, in some contexts, the assertion that " if you are not with us, you are against us ").
Morton's Fork, a choice between two equally unpleasant options, is often a false dilemma.
This is a false dilemma and a catch-22, because it fails to allow for the possibility that some members of the nobility may in fact lack liquid assets as well as the possibility that those who appear poor also lack liquid assets.
In psychology, a related phenomenon to the false dilemma is black-and-white thinking.
Constructive dilemma is the disjunctive version of modus ponens.
Theoretical work based on the prisoner's dilemma is one reason that, in many countries, plea bargaining is forbidden.

dilemma and similar
Another column reported on the discoveries made by University of Michigan professor Robert Axelrod in his computer tournament pitting many iterated prisoner's dilemma strategies against each other, and a follow-up column discussed a similar tournament that Hofstadter and his graduate student Marek Lugowski organized.
A similar dilemma of the commons had been discussed by agrarian reformers since the 18th century.
Major themes include: self-reference in memes, language, art and logic ; discussions of philosophical issues important in cognitive science / AI ; analogies and what makes something similar to something else ( specifically what makes, for example, an uppercase letter ' A ' recognisable as such ); and lengthy discussions of the work of Robert Axelrod on the prisoner's dilemma and the idea of superrationality.
Likewise, a " moral dilemma " view suggests that avoiding potential benefit to humans is unacceptable on similar grounds, and holds the issue to be a dilemma in balancing such harm to humans to the harm done to animals in research.
" In the Pale Moonlight " considers a similar moral dilemma when the Dominion captures an important Federation planet, Betazed, in a surprise attack.
A similar dilemma met the cast and crew in Carry On Camping.
In particular, restrictive cardiomyopathy has many similar clinical features to constrictive pericarditis, and differentiating them in a particular individual is often a diagnostic dilemma.
For his studies, Kohlberg relied on stories such as the Heinz dilemma, and was interested in how individuals would justify their actions if placed in similar moral dilemmas.
" As Hinton says, " categorisations tend to collapse on examination ," noting that " Nuclear physicists face a similar dilemma on the sub-atomic level, being unsure of whether quantum material should be defined as a particle or an energy wave.
During a dilemma similar to Tashi's, Dondup manages to hitch a ride to Thimphu.
In Lethem's novel, the narrator, in a position similar to Joe Morgan's, experiences the dilemma of " losing a woman to a rival who ", like Jake Horner, " refuses to provide any fixed identity to hate, compete with, or understand ".

dilemma and another
With this statement, all of the Æsir look to one another, finding themselves in a dilemma.
He pushed the political status dilemma in Washington, D. C. and sponsored two local non-binding referendums, one in 1993 and another in 1998.
Several themes mingle ; " that the only way to survive such an insane system is to be insane oneself " comments on Yossarian's answer to the Social dilemma ( that he would be a fool to be any other way ) and another theme, " that bad men ( who sell out others ) are more likely to get ahead, rise in rank, and make money ," turns our notions of what is estimable on their heads as well.
Henry Kissinger, another supporter of Korean unification, proposed a six-party conference to find a way out of the Korean dilemma, composed of the two Koreas and four connected powers ( the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and Japan ).
* Partimen — a poetical exchange between two or more poets in which one is presented with a dilemma by another and responds
Chico attempts to explain his situation to Ed by portraying it as the dilemma of his distant cousin in Hungary, torn between the farmer for whom he now works and whom he has grown to love, and another farmer who has offered him a better job.
In dialogue, the Lord Chancellor, in another reference to his romantic dilemma, complains " ah, my Lords, it is indeed painful to have to sit upon a Woolsack stuffed with such thorns as these!
These included " distressingly frequent disputes between different craft unions " over jurisdiction ; modern industry results in a constant process of phasing out old skills ; one trade doing the struck work of another is a frequent dilemma ; expiration of contracts can be staggered, hindering coordination of strikes.
In another study, transformative learning in the context of suicide bereavement ; in these cases the dilemma is compounded by the questioning of conceptions or misconceptions that were held about the relationship with the deceased and resolving the meaning of that relationship during the grieving process.
Creative Commons is a licensing arrangement useful as a legal workaround for such an inherent structural dilemma intrinsic to blogging, and its fruition is manifest in the common practices of referencing another published article, image or piece of information via a hyperlink.
This idea is supported by neural imaging studies demonstrating a high degree of activation in the ventral striatum when individuals cooperate with another person but that this is not the case when people play the same prisoner ’ s dilemma against a computer.
An Ethical dilemma is a complex situation that often involves an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another.
In political science and economics, the principal – agent problem or agency dilemma concerns the difficulties in motivating one party ( the " agent "), to act on behalf of another ( the " principal ").
In another, Bors faces a dilemma where he must choose between rescuing his brother Lionel, being whipped with thorns by villains in one direction, and saving a young girl who has been abducted by a rogue knight in the other.
It can inevitably causes a security dilemma, whereby the increase in power and security of one state decreases that of another and offsets offensive actions, potential arms races and escalating hostility among actors, hindering collective security.
Again, the Vans planned another city within a city to solve their rail dilemma ; the result was the Union Terminal Complex, a mix of high-rise offices, shopping, and hotel aboveground, with a train depot and rapid station below grade.
In short, since states want to maximize their power in this anarchic system and since states cannot trust one another, the security dilemma is inescapable.
According to Wendt because the security dilemma is the result of one state ’ s interaction with another, a state can adopt policies which hinder the security dilemma.
Meanwhile, Grey has another dilemma to deal with.
Louis ' only children were daughters, and this created another dilemma for the succession of the Polish throne.
Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story " A Crowd of Shadows ", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella " A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye ," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future.
The extensive preface to the play points out that there is another dilemma: poor doctors are easily tempted to perform costly but useless ( and in the best case harmless ) operations or treatments on their patients for personal gain.
Just prior to the outbreak of the Crimean War, Garašanin faced another dilemma, equal in gravity with the previous one ( the 1848 Revolution that took place in the Habsburg Empire ).

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