Paragon Discernment System

The system the stories are built on.

A way of deciding that organizes discernment into three activities, Explore, Discover and Express, held in place by two guardrails that never move, Unity and Stewardship. Poedy Press publishes it as a teachable discipline.

The works

A body of knowledge, a manual, thirty booklets

Reference

The Body of Knowledge

The canonical statement of the system: its models, stages, disciplines and instrument, with the terms defined once. Edition 2 in draft.

Reference

The Master Reference Manual

The working manual behind the Body of Knowledge, maintained as the system is practiced. Internal, with a study edition in preparation.

Four booklets

The models

  1. The Discernment Frame
  2. The Fulfillment Model
  3. The Development Model
  4. The EIPI Growth Cycle
Five booklets

The stages

  1. Explore
  2. Discover
  3. Express
  4. Unify
  5. Stewardship
Twenty booklets

The disciplines

One booklet for every named discipline in the Body of Knowledge, from the Integrity Floor to Discernment with AI. Each follows the same ten-part form, with a tear-out card of questions.

One booklet

The instrument

The Paragon Discernment Evaluator: score the reasoning, not the reasoner.

The Paragon Discernment System is patent pending. The booklets are drafted and in conformance review against the Body of Knowledge; none is published yet.

The booklets

Thirty booklets, by number

  • 1The Discernment FrameIn review
  • 2Volume 2In review
  • 3Volume 3In review
  • 4Volume 4In review
  • 5Volume 5In review
  • 6Volume 6In review
  • 7Volume 7In review
  • 8Volume 8In review
  • 9Volume 9In review
  • 10Volume 10In review
  • 11Volume 11In review
  • 12Volume 12In review
  • 13Volume 13In review
  • 14Volume 14In review
  • 15Volume 15In review
  • 16Volume 16In review
  • 17Volume 17In review
  • 18Volume 18In review
  • 19Volume 19In review
  • 20Volume 20In review
  • 21Volume 21In review
  • 22Volume 22In review
  • 23Volume 23In review
  • 24Volume 24In review
  • 25Volume 25In review
  • 26Volume 26In review
  • 27Volume 27In review
  • 28Volume 28In review
  • 29Volume 29In review
  • 30Volume 30In review

A booklet is named here once its manuscript is finished.