Type III: ´The Theory of the Observer´

Just as the maestro creates harmony with the notes issued from the orchestra, we are able to exist in harmony even with our own diametrically opposed views of reality. In the world of engineering management one view provides us the necessary depth to articulate specifications for design, but, at the expense of understanding the whole. The other view provides us the necessary breadth to bind the limits of our requirements, but at the expense of saturating the design with unnecessary information. The duality of the two views creates paradoxical barriers that must be overcome. This paper explores historically the generalization of the two views, and describes the quandary of these views and their impact to the final solution. Additionally, the paper postulates that bridging or unifying the two views is unproductive, but a third view is possible, a view that actually exists by virtue of the two opposing views and acts as the catalyst for change regardless of the existence of the paradox. This third view, for the purpose of this paper will be labeled as type III, exist through harmony and as such is a condition of the first two views, yet is separate and distinct of both types. In this paper a thesis of the philosophical construct mat describes the type III worldview is provided.