dualism

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As president, Carter tried to nudge American foreign policy away from its reflexive Cold War dualism toward an emphasis on human rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

Once we get beyond the dualism that The Captain is mired in, we can start experiencing real empathy and real humanity.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

Lightman’s second mistaken assumption is that substance dualism is essential to religious ways of understanding personhood.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

In the Basquiat/Electrician dualism, we’re given to believe that true talent will be rewarded, while those who change light bulbs for a living just aren’t that good.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

This wave-particle dualism may not correspond readily to our common-sense notions, but it is in excellent accord with what experiments have shown light really does.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan