Ayn Rand: Introduction to Philosophy & Introduction to Objectivism

Dichotomy: Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions
e.g. the dichotomy of the one and the many

Philosophical Dichotomies

1. one / many

2. spirit / matter

3. primary / secondary (qualitites)

4. heaven / earth

5. mind / body

6. soul / body

7. faith / force (control)

8. nurture / nature

9. reason / emotion

10. rationalism / empiricism

11. a priori / a posteriori

12. morality / science (reason)

13. noumena / phenomena

14. pure reason / practical reason

15. analytic / synthetic (truth) analytic—following necessarily; tautologous

16. theory / practice

17. altruism / selfishness