[Ailist] 4D or 5D

[Rob Voyle]

Hi Earl

Check out 
http://www.mellish.com.au/Resources/LizArticle.htm they have the 
4D model up at the website

Many of the other AI sites have either the 4D model up or talk 
about the 5D model but  I haven'tt seen the 5D in a graphical model.

Rob Voyle

> I pretty new myself.  Where did you find these models?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Voyle [mailto:rob@voyle.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 3:30 PM
> To: ailist@business.utah.edu
> Subject: [Ailist] 4D or 5D
> 
> 
> Hi AIers
> 
> I'm new to the list and realtively new to the formal AI approach 
> (thanks to Lynn Johnson and Liz Workman, your efforts are much 
> appreciated).  My principal focus is on using AI in churches and 
> also with individuals as part of a coaching program.  As I have been 
> scanning the websites and literature.  I notice a change from the 
> 4D to 5D model.  This makes sense to me as in good AI theory the 
> definition will determine what we discover etc.  What intrigues me 
> then is the circular model.  does definition belong in the circle 
> perimeter, or outside (probably not), or at the center?  
> 
> In some ways when it is at the center it becomes the "ground" of 
> the process.  But in the process what we discover may require a 
> change in the definition implying that it really belongs in the 
> perimeter, and is contnually open to being redefined.
> 
> My question is not just from a theoretical perspective.  I'm working 
> on the graphic layout of an AI brochure and prefer to use the 5D 
> model.
> 
> Rob Voyle
> http://www.voyle.com
> 
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