Colour-coding: Orange refers to THEE terminology. refers to THEE-names for specific cells or frameworks. Maroon refers to the Root Levels which are presumed to be necessary for their function.
The function of every PH•Level-2 element has as an intrinsic necessary, but often implicit, feature.
Note: The elements examined below are not equally well understood.
Element | Function: Provisional Formulation |
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To adhere firmly to a viewpoint personally reached, even if contested, unproven or untestable. |
inquiry. As a result, beliefs can be explored and challenged and, if not re-confirmed, then adjusted or rejected.
is a commitment to a particular position or view. That view might be about what is the case or what is likely to occur. Many beliefs simply accrue during socialization. As a manifestation of , believing requires to be out in the open and the beliefs reviewed. Review necessarily entails some sort ofA person may hold beliefs without elsewhere in the taxonomy.
e.g. based on tribal membership and childhood indoctrination and refuse to review them. Such beliefs are about what is good/right. They have not been personally reached, and are often not subjected to personal challenge. Typically wider society resents or blocks any exploration. So they belongExample: Others may be doubtful about your project, refusing to invest or to join. However, when you discuss with them you expose your beliefs. Above all, you show you are willing to believe that it can succeed because you have investigated what it entails, what resources are available, and what factors are relevant. If you do not inquire, you foster a comforting self-delusion.
inquiry.
activates other functions. However, there is no intrinsic necessity for or —apart from these functions necessarily operating within theElement | Function: Current Formulation |
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To specify a desired and feasible outcome which maximizes impact. |
inquiry for their specification because they depend on understanding the situation and the resources available. Inquiry focuses on checking feasibility and ensuring optimality. It may also be required to determine desirability in a group setting. Simple outcomes may not engage feasibility issues but, even in this case, having a useful image of the end result necessarily requires obtaining some information.
Example: If you want to sell surplus garden produce in the local market, there is an issue of what to sell and how in order to maximize profitability. You will have to find out about customer preferences, regulations, costs, pricing trends, transport, parking, and more.
inquiry process.
activate or imply other levels of . However, they do not intrinsically involve or —apart from these functions necessarily operating within theElement | Function: Adjusted Formulation |
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To regard a specific pattern of stimuli as invariably conveying a specific meaning, or regard it as so doing. |
inquiry because they must be devised to be practical and learned in order to be understood. You cannot send a signal or respond to one until you discover what it is and when it is appropriate.
are arbitrary and have to be devised and agreed by those involved. They involveExample: If you visit a foreign country and want to be able to hail a taxi-cab or get the attention of a waiter, you need to find out what to gesture or say, and when and how.
In practice, inquiry.
necessarily activates other elements e.g. use depends on . However, the ability to signal or recognize a signal does not intrinsically involve or —apart from these functions emerging as part ofElement | Function: Provisional Formulation |
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To provide a continuity in experience and the possibility of an indirect or simulated interaction with the world |
inquiring because it is otherwise impossible to know what should be included in the . The focusing process demands clarity about relevant features.
Example: During planning, it is a good idea to visualize exactly how certain events will evolve. To do that effectively, relevant features in the situation must be known and preferred modes of handling clarified. Contingencies must be envisaged and played out in the mind's eye.
inquiry.
may activate or imply other functions, like thinking. However, it does not intrinsically necessitate , or —apart from these functions emerging as part ofElement | Function: Provisional Formulation |
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To specify an unequivocally new state that is significant. |
inquiry of some sort. Inquiry is typically systemic because the various factors and forces should harmonize or synergize. The must endure, be acceptable, and be relevant: the result is often called an alteration or a modification. None of this can be known without investigation.
Example: To redesign your living room, you must determine options for furnishing, find out sizes of the various items, check lighting options, and investigate material and colour matches. You must also inquire about costs. Your spouse's views might be relevant as well. Without a systematic approach, the new state may turn out to be a mess or unaffordable.
inquiry.
activates other functions. However, it does not intrinsically involve , or —apart from these functions necessarily operating withinElement | Function: Provisional Formulation |
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To provide a defined term that can be used to categorize and explain observations. |
inquire in order to . are specified with phenomena in mind, and need to be checked and tested for validity and usefulness against data from observations of these phenomena. These investigations may ultimately prove that the was wrong or the phenomena were imaginary: e.g. phlogiston, the ether.
Example: Gravity is the concept that explains and encapsulates a range of observable phenomena like weight, acceleration and planetary orbits. However, those matters had to be investigated in order for the gravity concept to become usefully stripped down to basics as: the force of attraction between masses.
inquiry or being part of some contextual endeavour.
is perhaps the most basic part of , activating other elements as noted above. However, it does not intrinsically involve , or —apart from these functions necessarily operating within are often mixed up with , , andElement | Function: Provisional Formulation |
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To know a sequence of movements that have the appropriate effect in the circumstances. |
inquiry because they have been laid down by someone with the authority to do so for a particular purpose. Inquiry was required to set out the procedure. Knowledge is required to follow the procedure. It is particularly necessary to investigate or check whether the procedure applies in the situation. Automatic application of procedures is mindless and potentially dangerous.
entailsExample: Maintenance of a car requires regularly following procedures laid down by the manufacturer. However, the condition of the car is different for every case and an inquiring attitude is essential as part of implementing the procedures.
inquiry (e.g. intuition).
activates other elements of However, it does intrinsically involve , or —apart from these functions necessarily operating withinInitially posted: 27-Jul-2013. Last amended 11-Oct-2013