Arborescent (Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari , 1980s) – essentially, Dichotomous Thinking (under Modes of Reasoning) – that is, framing a thought or argument in terms of non-overlapping dyads and polar opposites. The word Aborescent is based on the image of a genealogical tree, which was chosen for its intimation of a unidirectional series of binary cuts. (Contrasts: Bifurcation, Genealogy, both under Modes of Reasoning)
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Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2022). “Arborescent” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.
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