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Sean Esbjörn-Hargens. The word integral means comprehensive, inclusive, non-marginalizing, em-bracing. Integral approaches to any fi eld attempt to be exactly that: to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coher-ent view of the topic. In a certain sense, integral approaches are “meta-para-digms,” or ...
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Sep 21, 2020 · Integral Theory. Integral theory, as described by the contemporary American philosopher Ken Wilber, is essentially a philosophical map that brings together more than 100 ancient and contemporary theories in philosophy, psychology, contemplative traditions, and sociology. Rather than attempting to describe “the one correct view,” Integral ...
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• Metatheory A theory concerned with the investigation, analysis, or description of theory itself. (Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary) • Theory (a) The body of generalizations and principles developed in association with practice in a field of activity (as medicine, music) and forming its content as an intellectual discipline. . . .
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Oct 8, 2020 · Integral metatheory argues that any approach that systematically excludes any of the major methodological systems that appropriately elucidate pertinent dimensions of psychotherapy is dangerously ...
Sep 21, 2020 · Ken Wilber is an independent philosopher who has surveyed and integrated many of the world’s philosophic and religious traditions to develop a comprehensive Integral model. Integral theory is a meta-theory that attempts to integrate all human wisdom into a new, emergent worldview that is able to accommodate the perspectives of all previous ...
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Integral theory as developed by Ken Wilber is a synthetic metatheory aiming to unify a broad spectrum of Western theories and models and Eastern meditative traditions within a singular conceptual framework. The original basis, which dates to the 1970s, is the concept of a "spectrum of consciousness " [1] that ranges from archaic consciousness ...
INTEGRAL REVIEW July 2010 Vol. 6, No. 3 75 a presented theory is parsimony, but even that simple indicator is typically misunderstood and misapplied (Meehl, 2002). Further, by way of a thought experiment, if more parsimony led to better theory, we might conclude that the smallest theory would be the best of all – a difficult
