A Confluence of Third Phase Science

And Dialogic Design Science

Kenneth C BauschInstitute for 21st Century Agoras

Figure 1: First Phase Science, Immaterial Observer

Figure 2: Second Phase, Immersed Observer

Figure 3: Second Phase, Multiple Observers

Figure 4: Third Phase, Multiple Perspectives, Contextualized Object

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Foundation

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Methodology

The

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The Science

The Arena

The Corpus

Postulates

Strengths &

Weaknesses

Roles &

Environment

SelectionCriteria

The Enhanced Domain of Science

Model

The Community

Figure 5: Domain of Science Model

7 Axioms

• The Complexity Axiom• The Engagement Axiom• The Investment Axiom• The Logic Axiom• The Epistemological Axiom•  The Boundary-Spanning Axiom• The Reconciliation of Power Axiom

7 Laws

• The Law of Requisite Variety • The Law of Requisite Parsimony • The Law of Requisite Saliency • The Law of Requisite Meaning • The Law of Requisite Autonomy and Authenticity • The Law of Requisite Evolution of Observations•  The Law of Requisite Action

2 Approaches

• The Nominal Group Technique • Interpretative Structural Modeling 

These slides, and a fifteen-page handout, can be found online at:

http://tinyurl.com/GWU-3rd Order