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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 282 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRILEMMA (Gr. Tp(Zt, three, X~7µµa, something taken)  , in
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logic, an
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argument akin to the
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dilemma (q.v.), in which there are three possibilities . By getting rid of two, the third is proved, provided the
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original three exhaust the number . The terms " tetralemma " (four possibilities) and " polylemma " (many) have also been used .

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