Steps in the Taxonomic Investigation

Generating the Tree

The Tree to be examined in this section is the third element in a structural hierarchy triplet. The top row of Requirements creates the final Tree, which means that, diagrammatically, the structural hierarchy is turned on its side.

In this arena, the Requirements are as follows:

The requirements of looking out for yourself that determine the grouping of levels can be displayed vertically as a hierarchy.   How a tree pattern corresponds to the vertical layout of a structural hierarchy.

Because each Level is a Grouping that contains Groups specifying a variety of activities, labelling in the Centres often needs to be slightly adjusted.

Structuring the Tree

Dynamic Duality

Trees reflect dynamic functioning in the world-as-it-is, and therefore always incorporate practical pressures and socio-physical constraints. These are modelled by recognizing the influence of a dynamic duality, which states that functioning may be governed by: 

  • personal or individual forces, essentially self-interested, labelled P;

or

  • social or communal forces, essentially impersonal, labelled S;

or

  • a balance of forces, due to a synthesis or fusion of poles i.e. any activity is simultaneously responding to both personal and social forces that cannot be disentangled: labelled B.

Application of a dynamic duality to a Level converts it into one or two Tree Centres. When there are two polar opposite Centres, the more dominant one in practice is, by convention, placed on the right side of the Tree.

The conversion of Groupings to Levels will be presented in two parts: initially the lower section that is about individualizing a social presence; and then the upper section that is about harnessing relational energies.

Psychosocial Pressure

As Levels in this Tree are derived from Groupings in the Structural Hierarchy, they will have the primary psychosocial pressures that were allocated in the previous section.

Trees, whatever their origin, are also posited to have the Root Hierarchy pressures in standard order

i.e. GL1 or KL1 = RL1, GL2 or KL2 = RL2 etc as explained here in relation to Spiral-derived Trees.

Channels

There is now a well-established pattern for Trees derived from a holistic hierarchy in that:

•all Centres influence Centres at the neighbouring level;
•L's 1 to 6 influence Centres that are 2 levels away;
•only L7 influences a Centre that is 3 levels away;
...which makes L4 the most connected Centre—only omitting L1.

Identifying and naming the Channels to reveal the inherent dynamism is an essential, if often rather difficult, part of the inquiry.

As usual,Closed it will be necessary to consider whether this pattern of Channels does indeed apply to this Tree. We must also be confident that other possible Channels cannot or should not be activated.

The Channels will also be investigated in two parts: initially the lower section that is about your social presence; and then the upper section that is about relational energies.

Naming the Tree

Compatibility refers to relationships and so the Tree must deal with social relationships. The precise appropriate name should become clearer once the Centres and Channels have been recognized and named.

See the answer now.

Clarify the Centres as follows:

Originally posted: 31-Oct-2026.