The Root Cause
The word dichotomy focuses on splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts which may be of two types : The hopes in our life belong to two simply separable containments viz . „ to learn ‟ and „ to survive ‟ although we try hard to make these partitions jointly exhaustive we often find the results confusing .
An Alternate Version Dichotomy as a noun is also considered as repeated branching into two equal parts so are our confusions which fork new offspring at a daily basis taking the very concept of complexity above our likings .
The origin and its sin The term comes from the Greek dichotomia and has a great level of outreach in many fields whether in set theory , statistics , psychiatry , theology , philosophy , sociology , astronomy , economics , and botany and in computer science it pokes us everywhere In computer programming the term dichotomy is used to denote fundamental dualities in a language ' s design . For instance , C ++ has a dichotomy in its memory model ( heap versus stack ), whereas Java has a dichotomy in its type system ( references versus primitive data types ).
A philosophy : -
Dichotomy is the belief that humans consist of a soul and a body . According to some article I read a few days ago there are many dichotomies in life . For example : Day and night , rough and smooth , black and white etc . Dichotomy seems to be one of the major defining attributes of the universe . The Universe itself is created by one : Matter vs . Anti-matter . Something I have heard re-iterated again and again is the dichotomy between faith and logic . Einstein said : “ Science without religion is lame , Religion without science is blind ”. If we accept Einstein ‟ s point of view not only are faith and logic together a dichotomy , but also complementary . This idea of complementary opposites is interesting to me and comforting in a universe that is normally so random and confusing . A recent claim is that faith can even be reduced by thinking about logic . When I find myself thinking analytically about serious truths for too long I get depressed and reserved . I stagnate , my mind freezes up and I become unproductive . When I accept everything at face value and disregard how logical my actions and thoughts are , I find myself off track on my goals , engaged in frivolous spending , self centered , taken advantage of & equally unproductive . On one side I become delusional that I will actually understand life . On the other I become delusional that I have understood it .
The Conclusive puzzle
Faith and logic are a dichotomy . They are polar opposites . One is fact , one is fiction . They are opposites , yet they are necessary to our minds . When understood , they are a tool . Yet , too much of either one is negative . They are complimentary . Somewhere in between is ideal – to me . Like all things in life – balance is the key .