Third option
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The phrase "tertium quid" (or "third option" in Latin) refers to something that exposes a dichotomy as false. A tertium quid is not somewhere between the two options (grey is not a tertium quid to the dichotomy of black vs. white), but rather something entirely new, something that escapes the one-dimensional line between two options.
—Tailsteak[1]
A third option is a way to break a false dilemma, showing that neither of the suggested solutions is a good idea.
Blog posts
External links
- ↑ Tertium Quid, by Tailsteak
- Take A Third Option at TVTropes
See also
- False dilemma
- Color politics
- Black swan
- Defensibility
- Arguments as soldiers
- Motivated cognition
- Challenging the Difficult