Universal Constants, Variations, and Identities - #10 (Holon's Capacities)

 










#10 All Holons have at least four fundamental capacities. (Potential)
 
Horizontal (Span):
1) Agency (Maintaining wholeness/identity) Pull to wholeness
2) Communion (Maintaining partness/relationship) Pull to partness
 
Vertical (Depth):
3) Transcendence (Becoming more wholeness) Pull upwards
4) Dissolution (Breaking down into constituent parts) Pull downwards
(see #6 for definition of Holon)

See http://mathesis-universalis.com for more information.

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Universal Constants, Variations, and Identities - #6 (Holons)

#6 Reality is composed of whole parts. (Holons)

Arthur Koesler coined the term ‘Holon’ that refers to entities as both wholes and parts of some other whole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holon_%28philosophy%29
For example: a whole atom is part of a whole molecule, which is part of a whole cell, which is part of a whole organism,… Each of these entities are neither a whole or a part; rather, a whole part or Holon.

“There’s a 2000 year old philosophical squabble between atomists and holists: ‘Which is ultimately real – the whole or the part?’ The answer is neither or both, if you prefer…” – (Ken Wilber)

There are only ‘whole-parts': Holons.
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