From: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Sent: maandag 9 februari 2009 17:41 To: f.visser3@chello.nl Subject: [personal] Limits of Enlightenment INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 266 Amsterdam, February 9th, 2009 LIMITS OF ENLIGHTENMENT - Tomislav Markus Integral theory cannot be «integral» if it doesn't contain a profound knowledge about sciences, especially human-relevant sciences. But Wilber's theory is a closed and self-referential system, not a system of scientific hypotheses and theories which can be tested and refuted. So, not surprisingly, he founded an Integral Institute, even an Integral University. His disciples are hagiographers like Brad Reynolds, not serious and independent thinkers. His perhaps most popular work, A Brief History of Everything, contains a dialogue between Wilber and some laudable inquirer, who doesn't examine Wilber's work critically, but puts easy-to-answer questions (Wilber 2000b). In fact, this is not dialogue at all, but pure monologue. Wilber can't expect to be taken seriously—surely not in the scientific community—if he doesn't take science seriously. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/markus1.html If you know other people interested in this Integral World Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UPDATE your email address or UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/login.php