Integral Approach - 5 Basic Components - Eugene kin

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Integral approach:

5 basic components

Created by Eugene Pustoshkin


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Today we have access to

all cultures and knowledge in the world


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We need a road map


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A bad map*

*will not work


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A good map is better than a bad map.


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Integral approach

the most comprehensive,

simple, and accurate map


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5 basic factors

Quadrants

Levels

Lines

States

Types


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Quadrants


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QuadrantsBasic perspectives on

a human being

any issue

Main pronouns:

1st person I

2nd person You (Thou) *

3rd person singular It

3rd person plural Its

* In the dialogue of I + Thou the miracle

ofWe emerges that is based on mutual

understanding


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I + YOU = WE

I am telling you

IYOU


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about my new bike*

* Bicycle it.


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ITSInterobjective connections

ecosystems

environment

systems theory


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4 quadrants interior and exterior sides

of individual and collective

dimensions


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Left-Hand

Quadrants interior side


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Right-Hand

Quadrants exterior side


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Upper Quadrants individual dimension


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Lower Quadrants collective dimension


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4 quadrantsEach occasion or event always

manifests simultaneously in

all 4 quadrants.


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4 quadrantsThus, an occasion that is seen

in one quadrant always has

correlates in other three

quadrants.


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A thought

came across

my mind!


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This thought is accompanied by activation of neurons in the brain


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My thinking is molded to a large degree by the culture that I inhabit


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My organism exists within communicative webs of objective social

systems


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Thus,


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Upper-Left Quadrant

I, the cognizing subject

My direct experiences,

feelings, thoughts

Meaning or depth that I find in

my activities

CONSCIOUSNESS

Validity claim:

subjective truthfulness (honesty,sincerety)

Example of a methodology:

introspection


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Upper-Right Quadrant

It, the cognized object

Objective organism

Objectively measurable:

behavior

neural activation

hormones

MATERIAL OBJECT

Validity claim: objective truth

Example of a methodology:

biology, physiology


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Lower-Left Quadrant

We, cultural context

Interpersonal communication

Worldview shared in thegroup

Group values

Corporative ethics

CULTURE

Validity claim:

intersubjective justness

Example of methodology:

hermeneutics


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Lower-Right Quadrant

Its, interobjective connections

Techno-economic mode of

production

Environment, ecosystems

SOCIAL SYSTEM

Validity claims:

functional fit

Example of methodology:

systems theory


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Levels of

Development


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Evolution

Evolution manifests in all quadrants.

Each new level of development transcends but includes the previous one: from

matter to life to mind to soul to Spirit; from physics to psychology to theology to

mysticism.


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Upper-Left (I)

Evolution of individual consciousness.

Development of cognitive capacities:

preoperational cognition

concrete operational cognition

formal operational cognition

postformal cognition (vision logic)


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Upper-Right (It)

Evolution of objective organism.

Evolutionary stages of the brain*:

reptile brain: brain stem

instinctual behavior

basic survival programs

mammalian brain: limbic system affective reactions

emotional responses

language of feelings

human brain: neocortex

thinking

rationality

verbal language

*The Triune Brain theory (McLean)


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Lower-Left (We)

Cultural evolution.

Progress of worldviews:

egocentrism

narcissism (the world as extension of

me)

early childhood

ethnocentrism

nationalism (perspective of only my

group of people)

fascism

fundamentalism

worldcentrism

cosmopolitism (perspectives of all

groups of people in the world)

global ecological consciousness


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Lower-Right (Its)

Evolution of social systems

and technologies.

Techno-economic mode of

production:

foraging

horticultural agrarian

industrial

informational


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Lines of Development


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Upper-Left (I)

Theory of multiple intelligences

(H. Gardner)

Lines of development of:

cognition (J. Piaget)

psychosexual (S. Freud)

emotional intelligence (D. Goleman) hierarchy of needs (A. Maslow)

values (C. Graves, Spiral Dynamics)

self or ego development (S. Cook-

Greuter)

moral development (L. Kohlberg)

and so on


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Lower-Right (Its)

Lines of development:

techno-economic mode of

production

geopolitical structures

evolution of social systems

/ ecosystems


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Upper-Right (It)


biological growth

neurophysiological development

evolution of behavior


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Lower-Left (We)


cultural worldviews

shared values

mutual understanding

group identity


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States ofConsciousness


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Waking

gross state of consciousness


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Dreaming

subtle state of consciousness


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Deep dreamless sleep

causal state of consciousness


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Types


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Typologies

Masculine and

feminine types

C. G. Jungs

psychological types

Enneagram


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So,


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Thank you for your attention!

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