Duality
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The word duality has a variety of different meanings in different contexts:
- In several spiritual, religious, and philosophical doctrines, duality refers to a two-fold division also called dualism.
- In the religion of the Moche of Peru and the Chinese of China, duality is the premise that everything has an opposing force that must be, or will be in balance. [citation needed]
- In dualism (philosophy of mind), the body and mind are considered to be irreducibly distinct.
- Duality in the Koran/Quran
- In mathematics, see duality (mathematics).
- In Knowledge management the duality of knowledge refers to the relationship between Explicit knowledge (hard) and Tacit knowledge (soft).
- In a Community of practice the notion of the inherent tension in dualities is seen as the engine that drives a CoP
- In physics, duality is present when two different models actually turn out to be equivalent. See wave-particle duality.
- In analytical psychology, duality is an archetype, that is to say, one of the deep powerful symbols of the functioning of the psyche.
- In alchemy, duality is a dynamic principle of opposing or complementary elements or spirits.
- Duality is an album of Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke.
- Duality is a Grammy nominated song by metal band, Slipknot
- Duality is a CD (2005) released by US rock band, Ra.
- "Duality" is an unreleased game made by Double Aught Software. And another unreleased game made by Phantagram.
- "Duality" is a fictional arcade game that exists as a mini-game in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Duality is a Star Wars fan film created by Dave Macomber and Mark Thomas and available at iFilm. [1]
- "Duality" is a full length feature film created by Door Eleven Productions from Boston, MA. [2]
- Duality is a computer program for changing themes in Mac OSX written by Colin Cornaby.
