The 6A Framework: An Ontonesic Model for Problem-Solving
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This preprint introduces the 6A Framework, a systemic-narrative model designed for human agency to bridge the gap between current models oriented by technical-rational or interpretive-adaptive approaches, and the achievement of technical efficiency and systemic consciousness in problem-solving. As practitioners across various fields face problematic situations ranging from simple to increasingly complex problems, the 6A Framework provides a minimal ontology and taxonomy, along with a structured three-step protocol to generate solutions and intervention proposals called 'ontonesias'—coherent and pragmatic narratives in natural language characterized by their quality as actionable knowledge—. An ontonesia emerges from the co-constitution of a minimal universal ontology—the 6A—and the practitioner's noetic acts, namely, their situated understanding of a system-problem. This document serves as a foundational guide for researchers, practitioners, consultants, and decision-makers seeking a robust tool for a comprehensive and ethical stance on problem-solving and decision-making in any domain or discipline under any level of complexity, including uncertainty.
Abstract (English)
Contemporary literature on problem-solving reveals a persistent dichotomy between technical-rational models and interpretive-adaptive approaches—one that frequently dissociates structural rigor from situated understanding, replacing it with objectifiable and iterative prescriptions that fail to adequately capture the systemic nature inherent to complexity. This document presents the 6A Framework as a proposal designed to address this epistemological gap through an ontonesic model for problem-solving: a systemic and structured approach that generates _ontonesias_—natural language narratives with the quality of actionable knowledge. An ontonesia emerges from the co-constitution of a minimal universal ontology—the 6As—and the noetic acts of a finite practitioner; that is, their situated understanding of a problem-system. The 6A Framework guides cognitive activity through a three-step protocol—Recognize, Understand, Elaborate—producing incremental narrative outputs, progressively consolidated into a pragmatic solution or intervention proposal. Although the model deploys its full capacity on problems defined by complication and complexity, its cognitive scalability design enables the formulation of contextually legitimate proposals for problems ranging from the simple, in a broad and transdisciplinary manner, without privileging or excluding any domain or field of application. This theoretical Preprint, situated at the intersection of epistemology, cognitive neuroscience, systems theory, communication, and narrative theory, lays the groundwork for future empirical validations and is open to contributions regarding its use across all disciplines.
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- Preprint: 10.5281/zenodo.20055156 (DOI)