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Contradictory relationship
a connection between two ideas in a knowledge system where both ideas have genuine evidence behind them, where both have served the individual well, and where the individual cannot hold both as fully true in the same sense at the same time
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'contradictory relationship' by identifying its genus (connection between ideas in knowledge systems) and differentia (both ideas are well-supported but cannot be simultaneously true in the same sense). It distinguishes this from trivial contradictions and emphasizes the informational value rather than problem to be suppressed.