Difficulties

Background

As repeatedly mentioned in earlier summaries and in blogs, understanding the Change Domain RL3 has been particularly difficult. The Primary Hierarchy PH3 went through several versions and ended up in a semi-satisfatory state: enough to be able to assist with the Architecture Room studies into Root Projections, Naming and Duality Reversal.

The Principal Typology PH'3 was became slightly easier to develop on becoming aware that change mentalities were inherent in political ideologies. However, many aspects remain uncertain at the time of posting.

In attempting to provide a provisional-final account in the present posted investigation, I will be drawing on everything learned from the other Domains (excluding the undeveloped Willingness Domain RL7) rather than working from first principles.

The 5 Domains were worked on more or less simultaneously, but with different starting points.

Inquiry Domain RL2: Studies on the Primary Hierarchy PH2 were partially completed prior to recognizing that the Research Methods PH'2as developed by C. W. Churchman (as "Inquiring Systems") were connected.

Action Domain RL1. Studies on the Principal Typology of Decision Methods PH'1 were first completed with the aid of J. Algie. Then by analogizing with Inquiry PH2, the Primary Hierarchy PH1 was developed.

Purpose Domain RL6:  Studies commenced with the Primary Hierarchy PH6, then expanded to the Ethical Choice Typology PH'6 and the Tertiary Hierarchy of Ethical Rules PH"6. A Structural Hierarchy was developed for both the Primary PsH6 and Tertiary PsH"6 systems.

Communication Domain RL5: Studies commenced with the Levels of Management in the Q2-Arena as discovered by E. Jaques and formulated in terms of output by R.W. Rowbottom and D. Billis. The Primary Hierarchy PH5 was subsequently developed using the stimulus of T.P. Waldron. The Uses of Language Typology PH'6 was studied much later.

Experience Domain: The Primary Hierarchy PH4 and Principal Typology PH'4 were developed together for "Working with Values (1995)", and then revised for the TOP website.

Further historical details in each case are provided in the relevant Satellite.

Remove Confusion

Why is penetrating «change» so difficult? The first difficulty lay in the naming of the elements, but that is settled now.

The next difficulty lay in focussing on its manifestation as a form of human functioning, which is the essence and rationale of THEE.

There is no confusion in the other Domains between psychosocial functioning and the operation of the inanimate physical-material world. Stones, air, water, flames lack will and do not inquire or act or communicate or value or feelor show willingness. However, they do change or alter their state without needing will. Water can become ice, stones can roll down a hill, air can become a tornado, flames die down. Our physical-biological body insofar as it is not under control of our will changes: we grow, we fall ill, we age, we die.

So change uniquely appears to exist both as a domain of the will and as a purely physical phenomenon. Could there be a name which avoided this duality?

In any case, the task here is to investigate the former human entity and disentangle it from the latter physical phenomenon.

Causation & Will

The endless argument between free will and determinism emerges when we consider causation.

In the physical world, all change is caused (process). The cause (thing) is an event that produces an effect (the change). Relativity has revealed that the determination of time is difficult for observers in different inertial frames. However, cause always precedes effects and so causation, alone, can determine the existence and direction of time that can be shared regardless of the observers inertial frame of reference.

In metaphysics, it is generally held that everything has a cause for its existence. Process philosophy holds that process is never deterministic, and so free will is essential and inherent to the universe.

Causation in the psychosocial world is an intrinsic part of endeavour and involves the exertion of will to produce changes relevant to the purpose of the endeavour. But looking at the framework of endeavour (click on thumbnail) it is evident that the state of each Centre can be an event that changes the states of other Centres as will-energies flow, and it is not just the RHL3 Change Centres that are involved.

The focus in this Satellite is to unpack the RHL3 Change Level and its emanation. The understanding that results should enable a clearer grasp as to what is occurring in any situation where a personal function is used to affect either psycho-social reality or the impersonal socio-physical environment.

Originally posted: 16-Jun-2024. Amended: 10-July-2024.