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Newsletter Nr. 805
Amsterdam, November 6th, 2019


HOLONIC THEORY AND HOLISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS - JOSEP GALLIFA

This paper presents the holonic theory, which is an attempt to develop in a single model the explanation of the evolution in the physic, biologic and cultural dimensions. The purpose of this development is to understand the traits of nowadays common holism, which is considered a necessary thinking practice in different domains, among them education. A phenomenological study has been developed connecting diverse noospheric holons. The results allow for a characterization of the holonic structure of a holistic consciousness act. This characterization is used to define holistic education: An education with the dimensions of preservation, profundity, projective action and span. This article can also be interpreted as a contribution to provide the ontological and epistemological bases for going beyond the modern and postmodern worldviews. These findings help in providing a framework for today's holistic pedagogical debates and developments.

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PARADIGMS FOR KNOWLEDGE BUILDING - Ontologies, epistemologies, and methodologies after the Integral Theory - JOSEP GALLIFA

A diversity of methodologies can be utilized for knowledge building in the social sciences. Nevertheless, to give meaning to the research findings and progressively create theories, an awareness of the epistemological framework appears to be necessary. The article aims to present the main epistemological paradigms and their coherent correspondence with respective ontologies and corresponding methodologies. This article supports and describes four paradigms or epistemological traditions: logic empiricism, constructivism, conceptualism or Aristotelian tradition, and phenomenology. Understanding the diverse possible epistemologies as well as the coherence with methodologies is a necessary step for presenting well-informed research. Knowledge building requires comparison, replication, generalization or integration of results in theories, and all these processes need the critical instance of the epistemological and methodological coherence. Additionally, in the article, have been detailed some concrete examples of methodologies to illustrate the diversity of available ways to knowledge building. Any scientific community will increase research quality by enhancing the epistemological and methodological awareness of their pieces of research.

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