Deliberations

I've been reflecting on how the eclectic topics of this past Masters degree term of learning fit together. I've come up with this table:

complex	<<==>>	linear
uncertain	<<==>>	determined
relative	<<==>>	absolute
share	<<==>>	own
collaborate	<<==>>	manage
means	<<==>>	ends
deliberate	<<==>>	debate

To me, the knowledge approaches of people lie on a continuum of description which stretches from the items on the left to those on the right. There are probably many more rows I could add too, although it may be contentious to add left-wing and right-wing.

I contend that individual approaches tend to be clustered by column. If these columns represent the endpoints of ontological conceptual variation, will it always be a challenge for deliberative dialogue to be recognised as a valued decision-making method by those who tend to think in terms of the other side?

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