Abstract
Integral Theory has become a common framework in different contexts to integrate the diverse consciousness manifestations. The wide use and discussion of this meta-theory in the most varied fields encourage the possibility of proposing enhancements in their conceptualization. This paper presents, for instance, a complementary aspect, which is an alternative way of representation: the circular-axial. The article discusses why this new way of representation is appropriate to the meta-theoretical concepts and why it has some advantages compared to the more popular representation of the four quadrants. Although compatible with the traditional representation, we argue that it fits better with other concomitant theories, and at the same time is equally explicative of the Integral Theory basics. Once described in detail, the new way of representation helps in the clarification of the different manifestations of consciousness as they are explained by the holonic theory. This development provides new intuitions to holistic/integral educational approaches addressed to human evolution and development. Finally, it is useful to characterize their corresponding educational roles.
Highlights
This paper proposes a new circular-axial way to represent the Integral Theory
It’s unnecessary to change any element of the theory to use this new format
There were presented previously small refinements in the interobjective dimension (Gallifa, 2018), they were not so big to allow the original Wilber Integral Theory to fit in the new way of representation presented
Summary
In The Spectrum of Consciousness (Wilber, 1993) and No Boundary (Wilber, 2001c), he wanted to integrate the subjective knowledge and experience that comes from religious or spiritual traditions (which he referred as pre-modern) in the scientific and objective knowledge For this purpose, he proposed the existence of a spectrum of human consciousness, where he included matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit. In parallel in order to provide and refine the model for understanding the subject, Wilber undertook the task of including a model to comprehend the culture, an essential element for an integral model of the human evolution He designed the "We", expanding the subjective "I" and the objective "It". This three-dimensional perspective ("I", "We", "It") explains the triarchic nature of many formulations, as summarized in the following table:
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