Reframing a 12-fold pattern of discourse in 3D

Clarifying the Unexplored Dynamics of 12-fold Round tables (Part #9)

Geometry and dynamics of meaning: There is some irony to the fact that the developer of the Bell Helicopter engendered insights from his work of relevance to the cognitive processes of its navigation -- necessarily in 3D. The irony is all the greater in that the framework used to articulate the 12 systemic functions highlighted is presented using a zodiacal framework abhorrent to any scientific perspective (Arthur M. Young, Geometry of Meaning, 1976). This usefully frames the challenge of how any "alienating" 12-fold framework may be "mined" for generic insights -- or simply recognized in metaphorical terms as a useful menmonic aid (for some).

Of particular value is the degree of articulation in Young's approach, and the manner in which the system functions (as "archetypes") are attentively interrelated -- borrowing from a traditional system comprehensible to many to some degree. Young explicitly indicates his effort in terms of the symbolism of the Rosetta stone, as discussed separately (Geometry of meaning: an alchemical Rosetta Stone?2013). The framework can be variously adapted to apply to concerns of relevance to governance and the articulation of policy, as illustrated by the following:

As discussed separately with repect to Young's initiative, he suggests the following "correlations"from the perspective of physics (Rosetta stone of meaningful cycles? 2018).

Circular configuration of 12 "measure formulae" of physics correlated with the pattern of the zodiac (combining representations by Arthur Young from The Geometry of Meaning, p. 102 and 119)
Four triangular patterns (triplicities) (one triangle per table row)	Three square patterns (quadruplicities) (one square per table column)

These can be tentaitvely combined with other metaphors to offer a sense of the dynamics. That on the right derives from a separate discussion (Dynamic relationship between domains of order in global civilization, 2013).

Exploitation of Young's Rosetta stone pattern as a mapping template (tentative)
12-fold interplay of multiple metaphors	12-fold interplay of order, law, force and lore

With respect to the dynamics within a "global table" in 3D, mappings of metaphors such as those above can be explored in the light of the following, reproduced from a separate discussion (Representation of Creative Processes through Dynamics in Three Dimensions: global insight from spherical reframing of mandalas, the zodiac and the enneagram, 2014).

Animations of mappings of selected sets into an icosahedron
Triplicities	Modalities / Quadruplicities	Experimental mapping

Generated from the Stella Polyhedron Navigator software by its developer Robert Webb, from a great icosahedron augmented by an icosahedron, then hiding selected faces

Sociophysics: Young's approach can be usefully compared to another, possibly to be understood as controversial to a lesser degree, namely sociophysics (or social physics). There are many flavours to sociophysics, the term having been appropriated by authors with contrasting perpectives (if not mutually antagonistic) -- most being irrelevant to this comparison, or to the argument with respect to discourse at a round table. The framework of sociophysics is usefully summarized by Frank Schweitzer (Sociophysics, Physics Today, 71, 2018). A commentary with respect to Young's presentation features in the work of Paris Arnopoulos (Sociophysics: Cosmos and Chaos in Nature and Culture, 1993). The comparison is discussed separately (Associating significance with a dodecahedron, 2018).