trilemma
impossible trinity

The history of the world economy shows the trilemma at work.

The "trilemma" I have in mind is an economic one.

Let me now deal with the detail of the European energy trilemma.

It is high time they found one, and removed themselves from the horns of the trilemma.

Health is an area where the trilemma clearly applies.

I challenge others to take a closer look at the Trilemma Model.

The third path identified by the trilemma is to do away with national sovereignty altogether.

If Congress creates a trilemma, he must choose the least unconstitutional option.

The trilemma, then, is the decision among the three equally unsatisfying options.

But that merely states one horn of the trilemma.

The same problem in epistemology is known as the Münchhausen trilemma.

It takes the form of a trilemma - a choice between three options, each of which is in some way difficult to accept.

The logical soundness of this trilemma has been widely questioned.

And what that SFr1.20 level has also done is to prove a fundamental trilemma of international finance.

Or more accurately - the trilemma - because our energy challenge is made up of three distinct but interconnected areas.

That is where my political trilemma begins to bite: We cannot have globalization, democracy, and national sovereignty simultaneously.

This chain can do three possible options, all of which are unsatisfactory according to the Münchhausen trilemma.

This trilemma rounds off the classical problem of justification in the theory of knowledge.

The third horn of the trilemma is the application of a circular argument.

"Korea will play a leading role in resolving the energy trilemma facing the world," the president said in her speech.

Foundationalists have used the same trilemma as a justification for demanding the validity of basic beliefs.

A trilemma is a difficult choice where there are three different options, and where each option looks unfavorable.

Solving the trilemma of greener supplies, cheaper bills, and lights that stay on, was never going to be easy.

In tackling the energy trilemma, saving energy is the cheapest of all measures.

Indeed, in all three parts of this trilemma, energy efficiency - cutting out waste - is one of the keys to success.