From: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Sent: maandag 24 augustus 2009 8:41 To: f.visser3@chello.nl Subject: [personal] Quadrant Analysis INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 290 Amsterdam, August 24th, 2009 A CRITICAL LOOK AT KEN WILBER'S FOUR QUADRANT MODEL - Thomas J. McFarlane The centerpiece of Wilber’s grand synthesis is his four quadrant model (often denoted "AQAL", an acronym for "all quadrants, all levels"), which he presents as an integration of the perennial philosophy’s Great Chain of Being with the modern differentiation of the cultural value spheres. In this paper I would like to point out a critical problem with Wilber’s AQAL model as it is presented in the above works, and propose a remedy. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/mcfarlane1.html 08/21/09: The German translation by Hape Lin of the essay "Ken Wilber's Mysterianism" by Frank Visser has been added to the German Section. A ADDTHIS button has been placed at the top-left of the homepage, so you can send this site to your social neworks friends easily. 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