The following exercise originally appeared in the 1986 edition of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential.

Introduction

The is an experiment in detecting the challenges to comprehension in formulating declarations with different degrees of uncertainty -- and the consequent potential for encompassing the diversity of perspectives

Annexes to Patterns of N-foldness

Each concept scheme is the subject of an Annex listed below. The items within each Annex are ordered according to the number of set elements. This number is given as that portion of each (non-zero) item number before the decimal. The number after the decimal is a sequence number of no significance.

It should be stressed that the exercise is tentative and experimental.

Notes prepared for Integrative Group B on the occasion of the 6th Network Meeting (Tokyo, August 1981) of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) project of the United Nations University.

Paper prepared for Integrative Group B on the occasion of the 6th Network Meeting (Tokyo, August 1981) of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) project of the United Nations University.

Prepared for the Integrative Workshop Meeting (Alfaz del Pi, 1980) of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) project of the United Nations University. The concepts governing the GPID project itself (see Annex 0) are used as the basis for a case study in an exercise exploring the possibilities of a more systematic approach to concept integration in complex projects.

Originally prepared for the 5th Network Meeting (Montreal) of the United Nations University's project on Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) as a contribution to the discussion on integration of the findings of the project.

Prepared for the meeting on methodology of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development Project (GPID) of the United Nations University. Organized by the Division of System Studies of the University of Bucuresti, Bucharest, 1-4 December 1981

Paper prepared for a sub-project meeting (Geneva, June 1980) of the Forms of Presentation group of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) of the United Nations University (UNU).

References

1. R. Buckminster Fuller with E. J. Applewhite. Synergetics: explorations in the geometry of thinking. Macimillan, 1975.

2. Christopher. Alexander. Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Harvard University Press 1964.

3. K. Duncker. A qualitative (experimental and theoretical) study of productive thinking (solving of comprehensible problems). In: J. of Genetic Psychology 33 (1926) p. 642708 (see also: Psychological Monographs, Washington 1945. 270).

Notes to Part 1:

[1] Further attention should be given to 0-element sets and their significance.