Dilemma
- For the Nelly song, see Dilemma (song).
A dilemma is a problem offering two solutions, neither of which is acceptable. The two options are often described as the horns of a dilemma, neither of which is comfortable.
The dilemma is sometimes used as a rhetorical device, in the form "you must accept either A, or B"; here A and B would be propositions each leading to some further conclusion. Applied in this way, it may be a fallacy.
See also
- Euthyphro dilemma
- False dilemma
- Hedgehog's dilemma
- Horned dilemma
- Plutonia dilemma
- Prisoner's dilemma
- Security dilemma
- The Malay Dilemma
- Warnock's Dilemma
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