The Triads

Legend: 🔍 Reality (what is) • 🧭 Meaning (why it matters) • ⚡ Action (what we do)

Philosophy & Religion
  • Plato’s Triad
    🔍 Truth • 🧭 Beauty • ⚡ Goodness
  • Kant (Three Questions)
    🔍 What can I know? • 🧭 What may I hope? • ⚡ What should I do?
  • Esoteric (Body–Mind–Spirit) (analogical)
    🔍 Body • 🧭 Mind • ⚡ Spirit
  • Alchemy (Tria Prima) (analogical)
    🔍 Salt (form/body) • 🧭 Mercury (mind/spirit) • ⚡ Sulfur (will/energy)
  • Buddhist Three Trainings
    🔍 Paññā (wisdom) • 🧭 Samādhi (concentration) • ⚡ Sīla (ethical conduct)
  • Judaism — Pirkei Avot
    🔍 Torah (teaching/law) • 🧭 Gemilut Hasadim (kindness) • ⚡ Avodah (service)
  • Hindu Trimurti (symbolic)
    🔍 Brahma (creation/order) • 🧭 Vishnu (preservation/harmony) • ⚡ Shiva (transformation)

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Reasoning & Science
  • Aristotle’s Rhetoric
    🔍 Logos (reason) • 🧭 Pathos (emotion) • ⚡ Ethos (character/credibility)
  • Decision Theory
    🔍 Data / Beliefs • 🧭 Values / Utilities • ⚡ Choice / Policy
  • Science–Humanities–Philosophy
    🔍 Science (explain/measure) • 🧭 Humanities/Arts (interpret/express) • ⚡ Philosophy (guide/decide)
  • Peirce’s Inference
    🔍 Induction (evidence) • 🧭 Abduction (hypothesis) • ⚡ Deduction (implications/test)
  • Scientific Method (condensed)
    🔍 Observation / Measurement • 🧭 Model / Hypothesis • ⚡ Experiment / Prediction
  • Sense–Make–Act (Cybernetics)
    🔍 Sense / Observe • 🧭 Orient / Interpret • ⚡ Decide / Act
  • Truth Tests
    🔍 Correspondence • 🧭 Coherence • ⚡ Pragmatic
  • Marr’s Levels (Cognitive Science)
    🔍 Computational (what/why) • 🧭 Algorithmic (representation) • ⚡ Implementational (hardware)

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Civic & Business
  • Democracy & Statecraft
    🔍 Rule of Law • 🧭 Civic Culture / Consent / Ideals • ⚡ Policy / Implementation
  • Journalism Workflow
    🔍 What happened? • 🧭 Why it matters (context) • ⚡ What’s next / What should be done
  • Design/Strategy (DFV)
    🔍 Feasibility • 🧭 Desirability • ⚡ Viability
  • Finance (Investment)
    🔍 Financials (statements) • 🧭 Thesis / Valuation • ⚡ Capital Allocation / Trade

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Human Behavior
  • Psychology
    🔍 Cognition • 🧭 Emotion • ⚡ Behavior
  • Self-Determination Theory
    🔍 Competence • 🧭 Relatedness • ⚡ Autonomy
  • Transactional Analysis
    🔍 Adult (reason) • 🧭 Child (emotion) • ⚡ Parent (values/rules)
  • Critical Thinking
    🔍 Observe • 🧭 Interpret • ⚡ Conclude
  • Dialectic
    🔍 Thesis • 🧭 Antithesis • ⚡ Synthesis

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Notes: Items marked analogical/symbolic are learning crosswalks, not doctrinal claims.