Re-enter Mode-1 again: Serviceable Explanation

ClosedReminder of the clarification process so far:

  • Mode-1: Produce a satisfying explanation of the situation. [Causal]
  • Mode-2: Develop a coherent framework for the situation. [Structural]
  • Mode-3: Identify polarized divisions in the situation. [Dialectic]
  • Mode-4: Narrate the trajectory of the situation. [Dynamic]
  • Re-enter Mode-1: The explanation is satisfying and sufficient. [Causal]
  • Mode-5: Take responsibility for a version of the explanation. [Atomistic]
  • Mode-6: Impose compulsory standards on the explanation. [Unitary]
  • Mode-7: Adjust the authoritative explanation to fit the context. [Unified]

The mode of realizing (μ) refers to the set of values to be incorporated from a depiction method. Once incorporated, there is a new Stage of clarification (Φ) that includes values of all previous modes.

So Stage 7 clarification (Φ7) ensures that authoritative explanation is adapted to render it serviceable for application whatever the immediate practical issues.

Completion

Clarification has gone as far as it possibly can at Stage-7.

Because of the principles applied during Cycle-2, the causal explanation shifts even further down towards the lower right end of the ellipse.

Mode-1 again, with general acceptance it becomes a powerful explanation.

The explanation of the situation and its progression is now serviceableand socially effective. Minimal attention needs to be given to control (so very low on Y-axis), and complexity is handled (so very high on X-axis).

The initial principles of the Causal mode-μ1 were shifted after Cycle-1 as explained earlier, and these now undergo further adjustment through the inputs from nodes (μ5, μ6, μ7) in Cycle-2.

  • What was just plausible and sufficient now seems serviceable.
  • Confusion has been replaced by confidence.
  • Consensus on salience has become consensus on the explanation.
  • Beliefs now extend to belief in the explanation.
  • The obvious now extends to features of the explanation.
  • Expertise is manifested by familiarity with the explanation.

If the situation is important to you, preoccupation can become a balanced immersion which is the basis for any creative response.

Recap of Cycle-2

Cycle-2 has been about acceptance of the explanation reached in Cycle-1.

This process ensures that the explanation is developed further so that it is perceived as meaningful and genuine in personal terms, meets recognized social and ethical criteria, and fits the needs of particular contexts.

Clarification commences from a foundation in a simplistic plausible explanation given relatively little attention and ends in a serviceable explanation that is sufficiently accepted and deals with inherent complexity.

To move on from just being sufficient, clarification now incorporates:

■ Mode-5 with a move back along the X-axis to the Atomistic Mode which allows the explanation to be personally owned and applied.

■ Mode-6 with a move up the Y-axis to maximum control based on imposition of uniformity and conformity that characterizes the Unitary Mode. Communal conformity is expected when explanations meet relevant socio-cultural standards.

■ Mode-7 with a move across the X-axis to the Unified Mode in which the explanation is adjusted to fit the context within which it is being used—but without abandoning any essential principles.

With the mode-7 incorporation, a second spontaneous return to the Causal mode-μ1 can occur, but now to the lower right end of the ellipse. Here, the explanation is not just plausibleand sufficient, but serviceablein its articulation—resilient under scrutiny, enjoying broad-based support and therefore available for practical application.

  • Review how a situation gets progressively clarified.

Originally posted: 30-Oct-2024. Last amended: 22-Sep-2025.