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Newsletter Nr. 751
Amsterdam, January 10th, 2019


Since we have sent out 750 newsletters since 1999, here's an extra offering, reposted from a Psychology Today blog by Gregg Henriques, which touches on a major issue I have with Integral Theory, next to a major appreciation. This is followed by an essay by Andre Marquis, who nails the problem: overstepping of boundaries.


INTEGRAL CULTURE, SPIRITUALITY, AND A CATEGORY ERROR - Part II in a series on positioning - our knowledge in four quadrants - ANDRE MARQUIS

What follows is an essay that was authored by Dr. Andre Marquis and has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 2015, vol. 10(1). It is reprinted with permission here, with minor revisions. This blog is the second in a two part series. The first blog, Positioning Our Knowledge in Four Quadrants, introduces readers to Ken Wilber’s integral theory, especially his conception of the “four quadrants” that provide a meta-theoretical formulation for human behavior and knowing. That blog provides the background for the current blog, which offers Dr. Marquis’ analysis that many in the integral community make confusing claims about spirituality that confound subjective experiences with objective reality, which is something that can be avoided if the quadrants are taken seriously. (Gregg Henriques)

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POSITIONING OUR KNOWLEDGE IN FOUR QUADRANTS - Four quadrants that help make sense out of different philosophies - GREGG HENRIQUES AND ANDRE MARQUIS


One of the basic claims that stems from the unified approach is that human knowledge is “positional,” meaning that human knowers exist at certain points in social and historical contexts and that their position in these contexts frames what it is that they claim to be justified (see here for an example of this perspective applied to the therapeutic context). This blog introduces a complementary view on understanding how knowledge is inevitably positional, derived from the work of Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory. 
Integral theory is a broad, rich and complex system that, not unlike the unified approach, attempts to provide the outline of a Theory of Everything. It is simultaneously philosophical, psychological, and spiritual, and in our opinion warrants serious consideration from any scholar who is attempting to develop broad philosophical or meta-theoretical systems. The whole of integral theory is too complex to be effectively summarized here, and readers are referred to Wilber’s work here for summaries of the philosophy, and here for Andre Marquis’ work that summarizes how integral theory applies to psychotherapy and psychopathology.

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http://www.integralworld.net/henriques1.html