dualism

Dualism — • Denotes the religious or theological system which would explain the universe as the outcome of two eternally opposed and coexisting principles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dualism     Dualism …   Catholic encyclopedia

Dualism — Du al*ism, n. [Cf. F. dualisme.] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

dualism — noun philos. дуализм …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

dualism — 1> филос. дуализм 2> двойственность, раздвоенность 3> выражение или категория двойственного числа …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

Dualism — For other uses, see Dualism (disambiguation). Dualism (from the Latin word duo meaning two ) denotes a state of two parts. The term dualism was originally coined to denote co eternal binary opposition, a meaning that is preserved in metaphysical… …   Wikipedia

dualism — dualist, n., adj. /dooh euh liz euhm, dyooh /, n. 1. the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two. 2. Philos. a. the view that there are just two mutually irreducible substances. Cf. monism, pluralism. b. the view that… …   Universalium

dualism — сущ. дуализм а) общ. двойственность, раздвоенность б) фил. (философское учение, исходящее из признания равноправными, не сводимыми друг к другу двух начал духа и материи, идеального и материального) dualism of mind and body дуализм сознания и… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

dualism — Any view that postulates two kinds of thing in some domain is dualistic; contrasting views according to which there is only one kind of thing are monistic . The most famous example of the contrast is mind–body dualism, contrasted with monism in… …   Philosophy dictionary

dualism — noun Date: 1794 1. a theory that considers reality to consist of two irreducible elements or modes 2. the quality or state of being dual or of having a dual nature 3. a. a doctrine that the universe is under the dominion of two opposing… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

dualism — noun a) Duality; the condition of being double. b) The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil …   Wiktionary