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Encyclopedia > Erich Jantsch
Integral Theory

Integral theorists: This article is about integral theory in philosophy and psychology. ...

Integral themes: Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... Jean Gebser Jean Gebser (August 20, 1905 – May 14, 1973) was a prodigy, a student of the transformations of human consciousness, a linguist, and a poet. ... Haridas Chaudhuri (1913-1975), Bengali integral philosopher, was a correspondant with Sri Aurobindo and the founder of the California Institute of Integral Studies. ... Ervin László is a Hungarian philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist, founder of the Club of Budapest, and editor of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Murphy Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement and author of both fiction and non-fiction books on topics related to extraordinary human potential. ... Clare W. Graves (December 21, 1914-January 3, 1986) was a professor of psychology and originator of the Level Theory of Personality. ... Don Beck is a American management consultant and a co-author of the book Spiral Dynamics. ... Ken Wilber Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. ...

Influences on integral theory: In the Integral theory of Ken Wilber, AQAL stands for All quadrants, all levels, and equally connotes all lines, all states, all types. An account or theory is said the be AQAL, and thus integral (or inclusive or comprehensive), if it accounts for or makes reference to all four quadrants... In philosophy and metaphysics, the development of the universe, and of consciousness through time, is referred to as evolution. ... According to Sri Aurobindo and other integral theorists, the process by which the Divine manifests the cosmos is called involution. ... Integral ecology is a contemporary field of ecology that emphasizes the existence of multiple valid perspectives, including both scientific and spiritual perspectives. ... An emerging approach to politics that is based on developmental and holistic approaches to the self, culture, and society. ... Integral Psychology is a book by philosopher Ken Wilber in which he applies his integral model of consciousness to the psychological realm. ... Integral yoga or purna yoga (Full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindos teachings to the union of all the parts of ones being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence. ...

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Integral organizations: Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. ... Stuart Davis (born on January 11, 1971 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA) is a contemporary American musician and songwriter from Minnesota. ... Photo of artist. ...

Erich Jantsch (1929-1980) was an Austrian astrophysicist who wrote the book The Self-organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution (1980). This book was influential among proponents of new approaches to science like holism, co-evolution, and self-organization. It was used extensively in Ken Wilber's philosophy book Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution. The Integral Institute is a think-tank founded by American philosopher, psychologist, and mystic Ken Wilber for studying important issues of many fields of knowledge in an integral way. ... The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is a private San Francisco, California-based graduate school whose programs focus on clinical psychology on one hand, and the study of the worlds various spiritual traditions on the other. ... An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics. ... Holism (from holon, a Greek word meaning entity) is the idea that the properties of a system cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its components alone. ... Bumblebees and the flowers they pollinate co-evolve so that the flower is dependent on the bee and the bee is dependent on the flower for survival In Biology, Co-evolution is the mutual evolutionary influence between two species that become dependent on each other. ... Self-organization refers to a process in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases automatically without being guided or managed by an outside source. ... Ken Wilber Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. ... Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution is philosopher Ken Wilbers magnum opus. ...


External links

  • Book cover at Kheper.net
  • Excerpts from TSOU at Kheper.net
  • Description of book contents at Principia Cybernetica

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The Self-Organizing Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (178 words)
The Self-Organizing Universe is a seminal book by Erich Jantsch that deals with self-organization as a unifying evolutionary paradigm that incorporates cosmology, biology, sociology, psychology, and consciousness.
Jantsch is inspired by and draws on the work of Ilya Prigogine concerning dissipative structures and nonequilibrium states.
The book is an expanded version of the Gauthier Lectures in System Science given in May 1979 at the University of California in Berkely.
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