What is theory? by Root Gorelick

“…This pair of definitions highlights the false dichotomy between theory and empirical work insofar as models, mathematics, and methods do not fall in either category, but instead provide the operational link between theory and empirical work. …”
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Everett and structure by Wallace, D

“…The Everett interpretation is often criticised along these lines, and I shall argue that much of this criticism rests on a false dichotomy: that the macroworld must either be written directly into the formalism or be regarded as somehow illusory. …”

Some common fallacies in arguments from M/EEG data by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Claire Simmons

“…This article surveys seven well-known but still common fallacies, including reverse inference, hasty generalization, hasty exclusion, inferring from group to individual, inferring from correlation to causation, affirming a disjunct, and false dichotomy. These fallacies are illustrated with classic EEG research by Libet and collaborators, but many researchers (not just Libet) continue to commit them in all areas of research (not just M/EEG). …”
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The light, the dark, and everything else: making sense of young people's digital gaming by Mikko Meriläinen, Maria Ruotsalainen

“…We contend that framing gaming as a balancing act between beneficial and detrimental obscures much of the complexity of young people's gaming, reinforces a partially false dichotomy, and overlooks young people's agency. …”
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Quality Versus Quantity of Life: Beyond the Dichotomy by Ariel Dempsey, John Mulder

“…Even though many health care providers recognize that quality vs quantity of life (QvQ) is a false dichotomy, in practice QvQ underlies many goals of care discussions and can negatively impact patient care. …”
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Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…It cautions against the simplified and false dichotomy between gentrification and depopulation, calling rather for a more fluid appreciation of the manner in which people exploit opportunities for mobility as they connect with, and from, peripheral places. …”
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Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…It cautions against the simplified and false dichotomy between gentrification and depopulation, calling rather for a more fluid appreciation of the manner in which people exploit opportunities for mobility as they connect with, and from, peripheral places. …”
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Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…It cautions against the simplified and false dichotomy between gentrification and depopulation, calling rather for a more fluid appreciation of the manner in which people exploit opportunities for mobility as they connect with, and from, peripheral places. …”
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Scholars in the Nineties: Actors, Subjects, Spectators or Hostages? by Manuel Gil Antón

“…After outlining the general context of change and its importance, the author proposes avoiding the false dichotomy between restoring the past or installing, without reflective mediation, a schematic future. …”
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Representative Board Governance: What Role Do Board Directors Have in Representing the Interest of Their Constituents? by Anthony Piscitelli, Sean Geobey

“…It will demonstrate that the tension between representing member interests and governing nonprofits is a false dichotomy. Reconciling these two interests offers some potential avenues for improved organizational accountability.…”
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Transformations in education - new technologies, audiovisual and the digital native as a myth by Solange Straube Stecz

“…This represents in our understanding the false dichotomy that can be broken through the continued formation of teachers and their access to new means. …”
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Root-mean-square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE): when to use them or not by T. O. Hodson

“…However, this comparison can present a false dichotomy. Neither metric is inherently better: RMSE is optimal for normal (Gaussian) errors, and MAE is optimal for Laplacian errors. …”
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Base Composition and Translational Selection are Insufficient to Explain Codon Usage Bias in Plant Viruses by Siobain Duffy, Kate DeRosa, Daniel J. Cardinale

“…Our results suggest that analyzing codon bias as either due to base composition or translational selection is a false dichotomy that obscures the role of other factors. …”
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Including water quality monitoring in rural water services: why safe water requires challenging the quantity versus quality dichotomy by Nowicki, S, Koehler, J, Charles, KJ

“…Using dilemma analysis, drawing on an institutional experiment engaging 76 stakeholders, we find that conceptualising water quality versus quantity as a dichotomy delays progress on safe water. This false dichotomy makes it more difficult to deliver water safety improvements due to contrasting assumptions about the importance of quality; risks associated with not being able to act; and unclear divisions of responsibility. …”

Sufis in Western Society by Elliott Bazzano

“…Strangely, however, only once in the article does he mention “Sufism,” and the false dichotomy “Sufi/ scriptural,” which contrasts with the major concepts in the book, such as the primacy of the Qur’an for many Sufis ...…”
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The architecture of the (post) studio: Jackson Pollock's barn and Andy Warhol's Silver Factory by Guillermo Lockhart Milan

“…This article will discuss a false dichotomy between two models, the modern art studio and the post-studio, which oppose the private and the public, the individual and the collective, hiding and the revealing. …”
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The imaginary of personalization in relation to platforms and teacher agency in Denmark by Rasmus Leth Jørnø, Bjarke Lindsø Andersen, Peter Gundersen

“…Through an analysis through the lens of imaginaries, we reveal the false dichotomy of for or against technology, which obfuscates the fundamental question of whether the social technology we have put in place to educate ourselves solves the right problem and solves the problem well? …”
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“To Sing with the Spirit:” Psalms, Hymns and the Spirituality of Late Eighteen Century American Presbyterians by William Harrison Taylor

“…Packer, and Sandra Schneiders have concluded that any separation of the two represents a false dichotomy within Christianity. Accordingly, Christians are called to “the quest for a fulfilled and authentic Christian existence, involving the bringing together of the fundamental ideas of Christianity and the whole experience of living on the basis of, and within, the scope of the Christian faith.” …”
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Geração de renda: enfoque nas mulheres pobres e divisão sexual do trabalho Income generation: focus on poor women and sexual division of labor by Cássia Maria Carloto, Anne Grace Gomes

“…Aims to reflect on what opportunities they offer, while public policy, financial autonomy and the breaking of patterns based on the traditional sexual division of labor rooted in the false dichotomy between public and private. It also brings a debate on poverty among women since the prospect of these projects is to increase earnings from the family focus on women.…”
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Consciousness, Plasticity, and Connectomics: The Role of Intersubjectivity in Human Cognition by Micah eAllen, Gary eWilliams

“…In contrast to this false dichotomy, we propose a new view of consciousness as an interactive, plastic phenomenon open to sociocultural influence. …”
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