The Guiding Idea by Peter Belohlavek The Unicist Ontology of Decision Making Copyright © The Unicist Research Institute

Unicist Ontology of Decision Making in Unicist Standard Language Decision Purpose (*) Justification Maximal Strategy Active function Foundations / Groundings Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Decision Making 3 2 1 0 (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. The numbers 0 – 1 – 2 – 3 represent the steps (rules) of the Unicist Ontogenetic Algorithm. Supplementation Complementation Copyright © The Unicist Research Institute

DECISION MAKING DECISION JUSTIFICATION FOUNDATION MAKE THINGS HAPPEN MAXIMAL STRATEGY MINIMUM STRATEGY ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION MATERIALISTIC JUSTIFICATION PERSONAL JUSTIFICATION REASONABLE GROUNDINGS PROVABLE GROUNDINGS FOUNDATION UNDERSTANDABLE GROUNDINGS BACKWARD-CHAINING FORWARD-CHAINING JUSTIFICATION DECISION CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY ENTROPY INHIBITOR MAXIMAL STRATEGY 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 C B A Unicist Ontology of Decision Making in Unicist Standard Language Copyright © The Unicist Research Institute

ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION REASONABLE GROUNDINGS SUBJECTIVE DECISION OBJECTIVE DECISION MATERIALISTIC JUSTIFICATION UNDERSTANTABLE GROUNDINGS PERSONAL JUSTIFICATION PROVABLE GROUNDINGS SUBJECTIVE DECISIONS LOGICAL DECISIONS MATERIALISTIC DECISIONS EMPIRICAL DECISIONS Unicist Ontology of Decision Making in Unicist Standard Language EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM CONTRACTION UNICIST DECISION Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy Copyright © The Unicist Research Institute