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Main ArticleSubmitted 1/28/129000 words A Confluence of Third Phase Science And Dialogic Design Science Kenneth C BauschInstitute for 21st Century Agoras8213 Hwy 85 #901Riverdale, GA 30274770-473-7336ken@corresponding author And Thomas R FlanaganInstitute for 21st Century Agoras117 Highland AvenueBarrington, RI 02606-4749401 245-0204trflanagan@  A Confluence of Third Phase Science And Dialogic Design Science Abstract Gerard de Zeeuw introduced the term ‘Third Phase Science’ in 1997. A deliberative method which is called Dialogic Design Science (DDS; see ) illustrates an effective way of implementing third phase science as a means of understanding and adapting complex social situations. This paper explains De Zeeuw’s concept in non-specialist language and expands on the historical context of third phase science as a means of addressing contemporary needs. It shows how DDS completes Third Phase Science as an axiomatic science and makes third phase science into a valuable design methodology. 1.0.0 PART ONE: Third Phase Science 1.1.0 An Objective World We have a natural need to see the world around us in terms of “what it is.” In the Western world view, we have come to see things in that world as well-defined objects that are separate from us. In Indigenous and Eastern cultures, the separation is more subtle. These cultures see human beings as being enmeshed in a universal web of life. The cultural separation between the Western “us” and the “not-us” is inherent also in the very nature of language. When we say “That umbrella is red,” we are also saying, “That umbrella is not black.” There are many shades of red, of course, and our language doesn’t resolve this issue; however, because we learn through a process of making distinctions, and because our language plays such a large role in how we learn together, our languages are tuned to shape recognition of distinctions. Expectations become embedded in language, and we then become caught up in th