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Newsletter Nr. 1.153
Amsterdam, December 30, 2023


KEN WILBER'S (TOO?) BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVERYTHING - JEAN-PIERRE LEGROS

As Surimposium is a theory of everything presented on this site, I examine Ken Wilber's earlier theory, which he expanded throughout his life. I separate the excellent start on Arthur Koestler's holons, likely to win broad support, and the mystical veneer added by Wilber, which ends up erasing the initial coherence. I highlight Wilber's remarkable intuitions, then show the inflection point that ultimately plunges the theory into groupist thinking: holarchy builds itself entirely on its own from the whole/part principle of holons, and forms a solid structure for a Theory of Everything; but Wilber, anxious to add a spiritualist background in line with his personal beliefs, builds bridges that collapse the whole edifice.

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