[MD] contradiction

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Marsha had stated:

Contradiction is a dis-ease only if one assumes that it is not the immediate events and situations that are real but the isolated abstractions.  That is why I think of _static patterns of value_ as hypothetical (supposed but not necessarily real or true.)



Ron replies:
 
Contradiction, more accurately, arises out of a lack of understanding. It plays an important role in the
tradition of critical thinking especially in regard to the self evaluative process.
 
Contradiction arises in immediate events (see cleveland harbor effect)[gestalt shifts] it arises out of the incomprehension
of those events.
 
Contradiction, confusion and incomprehension have often been words associated with the religous notion of hell.
 
But contradiction in critical thinking is often the earnote of misunderstanding and cause for reflection and evaluation.
 
To rest on it as asymbol of the ineffiable has potential consequences that some find incompatable with the aim of
 
RMP's work and the attitude of caring, virtue, and excellence in critical thinking.
 
 
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