Saturday, February 28, 2004
FRACTAL CHAOS: the Philosophy of Freedom and Self Determination
"The Universe is governed by laws, but the laws are of a different kind than previously thought. Like the common law system, the Laws of Wisdom are inherently flexible. They are not written in stone, they are general. They leave infinite room for creativity within certain general parameters. A few fundamental principals exist to establish the parameters, but the Law governs much more loosely than previously thought. The Laws are subject to changes and modifications over time and depend upon the particular facts. Like the common law, the Laws of Nature appear to have flexibility; many things are decided on a case by case basis. Self organization is the rule, not the exception. Everything is not pre-determined by a rigid and complex system of detailed laws which specify exactly how everything works. There is no detailed blueprint of the universe, just a general set of Laws."
FRACTAL CHAOS: the Philosophy of Freedom and Self Determination
PHILOSOPHIA : Where's Wilber At?
"Wilber's approach is the opposite of eclecticism. He has provided a
coherent and consistent vision that seamlessly weaves together truth-claims
from such fields as physics and biology; the ecosciences; chaos theory and the
systems sciences; medicine, neurophysiology, biochemistry; art, poetry, and
aesthetics in general; developmental psychology and a spectrum of
psychotherapeutic endeavors, from Freud to Jung to Piaget; the Great Chain
theorists from Plato and Plotinus in the West to Shankara and Nagarjuna in
the East; the modernists from Descartes and Locke to Kant; the Idealists from
Schelling to Hegel; the postmodernists from Foucault and Derrida to Taylor
and Habermas; the major hermeneutic tradition, Dilthey to Heidegger to
Gadamer; the social systems theorists from Comte and Marx to Parsons and
Luhmann; the contemplative and mystical schools of the great meditative
traditions, East and West, in the world's major religious traditions. All of this
is just a sampling….
[Thus] …if his approach is generally valid, it honors and incorporates
more truth than any other system in history."--------------------------------
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WHERE’S WILBER AT?
The Further Evolution of Ken Wilber’s Integral Vision
During the Dawn of the New Millennium
By Brad Reynolds
Where’s Wilber At?
Where’s Wilber at? That is, what is the present philosophical position of Ken Wilber, the
pundit who many claim to be the world’s most intriguing and foremost philosopher? This is not
an easy question to answer, for the breadth of Wilber’s encyclopedic vision is enormous and
covers over a quarter century of prolific publication and continual evolution. In other words,
Wilber’s work too has evolved over the years. Indeed, its progressive unfoldment in complexity
and depth allows us to recognize at least five consecutive and distinct phases or periods in his
career to date (which we’ll discuss in depth below). Because of this, many people, reading from
an array of sources, often find him hard to pin down, to really understand exactly “where he’s
at.”
read the article:
Where’s Wilber At? by Brad Reynolds--
I originally spotted this article at DISINFO.COM
coherent and consistent vision that seamlessly weaves together truth-claims
from such fields as physics and biology; the ecosciences; chaos theory and the
systems sciences; medicine, neurophysiology, biochemistry; art, poetry, and
aesthetics in general; developmental psychology and a spectrum of
psychotherapeutic endeavors, from Freud to Jung to Piaget; the Great Chain
theorists from Plato and Plotinus in the West to Shankara and Nagarjuna in
the East; the modernists from Descartes and Locke to Kant; the Idealists from
Schelling to Hegel; the postmodernists from Foucault and Derrida to Taylor
and Habermas; the major hermeneutic tradition, Dilthey to Heidegger to
Gadamer; the social systems theorists from Comte and Marx to Parsons and
Luhmann; the contemplative and mystical schools of the great meditative
traditions, East and West, in the world's major religious traditions. All of this
is just a sampling….
[Thus] …if his approach is generally valid, it honors and incorporates
more truth than any other system in history."--------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHERE’S WILBER AT?
The Further Evolution of Ken Wilber’s Integral Vision
During the Dawn of the New Millennium
By Brad Reynolds
Where’s Wilber At?
Where’s Wilber at? That is, what is the present philosophical position of Ken Wilber, the
pundit who many claim to be the world’s most intriguing and foremost philosopher? This is not
an easy question to answer, for the breadth of Wilber’s encyclopedic vision is enormous and
covers over a quarter century of prolific publication and continual evolution. In other words,
Wilber’s work too has evolved over the years. Indeed, its progressive unfoldment in complexity
and depth allows us to recognize at least five consecutive and distinct phases or periods in his
career to date (which we’ll discuss in depth below). Because of this, many people, reading from
an array of sources, often find him hard to pin down, to really understand exactly “where he’s
at.”
read the article:
Where’s Wilber At? by Brad Reynolds--
I originally spotted this article at DISINFO.COM
Sunday, February 01, 2004
Permaculture- A Beginner's Guide
