Integral theory
Integral theory, a philosophy with origins in the work of Sri Aurobindo and Jean Gebser, and promoted by Ken Wilber, seeks a synthesis of the best of pre-modern, modern, and postmodern reality.[1] It is portrayed as a "theory of everything,"[2] and offers an approach "to draw together an already existing number of separate paradigms into an interrelated network of approaches that are mutually enriching."[1] It has been applied by scholar-practitioners in 35 distinct academic and professional domains as varied as organizational management and art.[1] Methodologies[edit] AQAL, pronounced "ah-qwul," is a widely used framework in Integral Theory. Sri Aurobindo, Jean Gebser, and Ken Wilber, have all made significant theoretical contributions to integral theory. In his book The Ever-Present Origin, Swiss phenomenologist Jean Gebser distinguished between five structures of consciousness: archaic, magic, mythical, mental, and integral. AQAL Theory – Lines. Principles and Properties: Themes[edit] H.
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Mind in Life: Amazon.co.uk: Evan Thompson
Evan Thompson draws from the disciplines of biology, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to bring about a wide and varied discussion of one of the most significant philosophical questions or our time called the explanatory gap--the gap between our subjective experience and the laws of nature. "Exactly how are consciousness and subjective experience related to the brain and the body?" How is it that our subjective experience of the world sets us apart from our environment, when our environment and life are intricately coupled? Thompson contends that there can be no dualistic separation between the organizational properties of life and mind. In fact, Thompson says in the preface: "...the self-organizing features of mind are an enriched version of the self-organizing features of life." To understand mind it is necessary to understand life. Thompson details the shortcomings of genocentrism and espouses the viability of the inactive approach to explain mind and life.
Instituto Esalen
Big Sur bajo la niebla de junio. El Instituto Esalen es un centro en Big Sur, California, Estados Unidos, para la educación alternativa de corte humanismo y una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a estudios interdisciplinarios que son generalmente desatendidos o desfavorecidos por el establecimiento académico tradicional. Esalen ofrece más de 500 talleres públicos al año, además de conferencias, programas de trabajo-estudio, iniciativas de investigación y programas de internado. Parte think tank para una cultura global emergente, parte instituto universitario y laboratorio para prácticas de tranformación, y parte retiro de restauración, Esalen está dedicada al trabajo exploratorio en humanidades y ciencias que promueve la plena realización de lo que Aldous Huxley llamó el movimiento del potencial humano. El instituto fue fundado por Michael Murphy y Dick Price en 1962. Esalen Institute existe para promocionar el armónico desarrollo de la persona entera. Historia[editar] Coordenadas:
Meme
"Memes" redirects here. For the weevil genus known as Memes, see Hylobiini. A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem)[1] is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."[2] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[3] The word meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme (from Ancient Greek μίμημα Greek pronunciation: [míːmɛːma] mīmēma, "imitated thing", from μιμεῖσθαι mimeisthai, "to imitate", from μῖμος mimos "mime")[4] and it was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976)[1][5] as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Origins Memetics
Causality Experts
Hundredth monkey effect
The hundredth monkey effect is a studied phenomenon[1] in which a new behavior or idea is claimed to spread rapidly by unexplained, even supernatural, means from one group to all related groups once a critical number of members of one group exhibit the new behavior or acknowledge the new idea. The theory behind this phenomenon originated with Lawrence Blair and Lyall Watson in the mid-to-late 1970s, who claimed that it was the observation of Japanese scientists. One of the primary factors in the promulgation of the story is that many authors quote secondary, tertiary or post-tertiary sources who have themselves misrepresented the original observations.[1] Popularisation of the effect[edit] The story of the hundredth monkey effect was published in Lyall Watson's foreword to Lawrence Blair's Rhythms of Vision in 1975,[2] and spread with the appearance of Watson's 1979 book Lifetide. This story was further popularised by Ken Keyes, Jr. with the publication of his book The Hundredth Monkey.
Chile 2.0: fuerte debate sobre innovación
* ¿Alguien sabe dónde encontrar la versión digital on line del libro sobre las tecnologías TiC en Chile: Chile 2.0? Parece que no hay tal. Lo busqué en los portales de la Fundación Chile y ni una noticia. emol. Y continuó: "Esto tiene que venir de la autoridad más alta del país. Valenzuela manifestó que, de la misma manera, era necesario que un futuro Presidente se la juegue por la innovación. Tanto Valenzuela como Óscar Landerretche, director del Magíster en Políticas Públicas de la Universidad de Chile, destacaron que es necesario contar con un responsable. Por lo demás, agregó, "estoy seguro de que va a cambiar esto en el próximo gobierno. Eduardo Bitran, presidente del Consejo Nacional de Innovación, anunció que, definitivamente, no habrá un Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Está en discusión un proyecto de ley para darle institucionalidad (tipo Banco Central) al Consejo de Innovación.
A short history of British Anarcho-syndicalism
Origins and ideas of anarcho-syndicalism Anarcho-syndicalism is a distinct school of thought within anarchism. It seeks to abolish the wage system and private ownership of the means of production which lead to the class divisions in society. The three important principles of anarcho-syndicalism are solidarity, direct action and workers' self-management. The origins of anarcho-syndicalism can be traced back to the First International, also known as the International Workingmen's Association (IWA), formed in 1864. After the demise of the International and the period of repression following the defeat of the Paris Commune, there was a move by some anarchists towards propaganda by deed to bring about change. Many anarchists though saw the futility of individual action that had alienated them from the working class and sought to re-enter and influence a re-emerging labour movement. They rejected the idea of “theorising” as an abstract exercise. These ideas were taken up as early as 1894.
