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* Perceived Dichotomies are common in Western thought.

C. P. Snow believes that Western society has become an argument culture ( The Two Cultures ).

In The Argument Culture ( 1998 ), Deborah Tannen suggests that the dialogue of Western culture is characterized by a warlike atmosphere in which the winning side has truth ( like a trophy ).

In such a dialogue, the middle alternatives are virtually ignored.