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Mr. A thinks X and Y are in conflict and “distant” But Mr. B thinks that X and Y are close, that there is a Z that opposes them.

concrete example - Mandatory regular leave also low discretionary status - A” counterposes “thorough implementation of no-overtime day X” with “forced overtime work condition Y” of a black company. - B counterposes discretionary work Z with no fixed hours, which both X and Y see as “a state of being deprived of discretion over when to work”.

  • I don’t want to live, but I don’t want to die either.”

    • Mr. A believes it is a dichotomy between “wanting to live” and “wanting to die.”
    • Mr. B says, “I don’t want to die,” “I don’t want to live,” and “I just want to go away.”
      • Dichotomy of “wanting to be active” and “not wanting to be active”
      • I recognize that both “living” and “dying” are active actions.
        • (Off-topic if this perception is correct)
  • “Does a dog have Buddha nature?” (classic Zen koan)” is a false dichotomy.

  • One of the specific patterns of [dialectics

Q: What is the relationship with false dichotomy?

  • The point about the “false dichotomy” implicitly assumes the existence of a boundary, which begs the question, “Is there really a boundary?” I get the sense that you’re asking the question, “Are there really boundaries?
  • The “false dichotomy” doesn’t negate the original conflict itself.
    • There is an additional axis of conflict. - There is more than one axis.
    • It’s like you’re telling someone who implicitly sees the original conflict as a “big one” that it’s a small conflict and there’s a bigger one.
      • Maybe it’s subjective whether it’s big or not.

relevance - Conflict is a close relationship in There is more than one conflict. - acc are false dichotomies


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