AQAL - Quadrants

Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University In the Integral theory of Ken Wilber, AQAL stands for "All quadrants, all levels", and equally connotes "all lines, all states, all types". An account or theory is said to be AQAL, and thus integral (inclusive or comprehensive), if it accounts for or makes reference to all four quadrants and four major levels in Wilber's ontological scheme, described below. AQAL - QuadrantsIncluding:

• AQAL - Quadrants
• AQAL - Eight indigenous perspectives
• AQAL - Lines streams or intelligences
• AQAL - Levels or stages
• AQAL - States
• AQAL - Types

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Quadrant (UL) "I" Interior-Individual Intentional e.g. Freud Quadrant (UR) "It" Exterior-Individual Behavioral e.g. B.F. Skinner Quadrant (LL) "We" Interior-Collective Cultural e.g. Gadamer Quadrant (LR) "Its" Exterior-Collective Social e.g. Marxism Each holon has an interior perspective (an inside) and an exterior perspective (an outside). It also has an individual perspective and a collective (or plural) perspective. If you map these into quadrants, you h ...

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AQAL, AQAL - Quadrants, AQAL - Eight indigenous perspectives, AQAL - Lines streams or intelligences, AQAL - Levels or stages, AQAL - States, AQAL - Types

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The concept of levels follows closely on the concept of lines of development. The more highly developed you are in a particular line, the higher level you are at in that line. Wilber's conception of the level is clearly based on several theories of developmental psychology, including: Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Kohlberg's stages of moral development, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, and Jane Loevin ...

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AQAL, AQAL - Quadrants, AQAL - Eight indigenous perspectives, AQAL - Lines streams or intelligences, AQAL - Levels or stages, AQAL - States, AQAL - Types

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A state is basically a level that is attained only temporarily. Once you have unlimited access to a state of consciousness, then it is a permanent structure, or a developmental level. States of consciousness include: waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep, and nondual. (In the mystical traditions of which Wilber is a part, these four states correspond to four realms: gross, subtle, causal, and nondual.) Thus it is theoretically possible for someone at a low cognitive level to experie ...

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AQAL, AQAL - Quadrants, AQAL - Eight indigenous perspectives, AQAL - Lines streams or intelligences, AQAL - Levels or stages, AQAL - States, AQAL - Types

Read more here: » AQAL: Encyclopedia II - AQAL - States