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Doornkloof – the humble home of Jan Smuts, father of holism Smuts was twice Prime Minister of the then Union of South Africa, the second time during the trying years of World War II, when he was simultaneously contributing to the war effort of the allies and fending off those in South Africa who were against the war effort and wanting to support Hitler against the “English”. Born on a farm in Malmesbury in the then Cape Colony on 24 May 1870, he only started going to school at the age of 12 when his older brother died. His formidable intellect and self-discipline ensured that he caught up to his fellows within four years and went on to University at the age of 16. He graduated with double firsts in literature and science, gaining him access to a scholarship which enabled him to go to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read law and wrote a book on Walt Whitman called Walt Whitman: A Study in the Evolution of Personality which was, for various reasons, not published until 1973.

Spiritual ecology - Wikipedia Introduction[edit] Contributors in the field of Spiritual Ecology contend there are spiritual elements at the root of environmental issues. Those working in the arena of Spiritual Ecology further suggest that there is a critical need to recognize and address the spiritual dynamics at the root of environmental degradation.[citation needed] The field is largely emerging through three individual streams of formal study and activity: science and academia, religion and spirituality, and ecological sustainability.[1] Despite the disparate arenas of study and practice, the principles of spiritual ecology are simple: In order to resolve such environmental issues as depletion of species, global warming, and over-consumption, humanity must examine and reassess our underlying attitudes and beliefs about the earth, and our spiritual responsibilities toward the planet.[2] U.S. History[edit] During the modern age, reason became valued over faith, tradition, and revelation. Indigenous wisdom[edit]

Category:Holism English: Holism is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave. <nowiki>holismo; 整體主義; holisztika; Heildarhyggja; Holismo; Holismu; холизм; Holismus; Холизам; 整全觀; Holisme; holizm; ホーリズム; Holismo; Dhammaystiran; Holism; הוליזם; Holismus; 整全觀; 整全观; 전체론; Holismo; holismus; முழுதளாவியம்; olismo; holisme; 整全觀; Holism; 整全观; Toto; Holismo; Holizam; holisme; Holizmus; holismo; Холизам; Holisms; Holisme; Холизам; халізм; Holismo; Holismi; 整全观; holisme; Holizm; holisme; 整全觀; Holizmas; کل‌نگری; holisme; Հոլիզմ; holism; كلانية; ολισμός; Холізм; posizione teorica; courant de pensée; iden att helheten är större en delarna; Osotasun baten osagaiak edo zatiak delako osotasunarekiko erlazioan soilik existitzen direla eta uler daitezkeela baieztatzen duen teoria.

Ideal observer theory The main idea [of the ideal observer theory] is that ethical terms should be defined after the pattern of the following example: "x is better than y" means "If anyone were, in respect of x and y, fully informed and vividly imaginative, impartial, in a calm frame of mind and otherwise normal, he would prefer x to y.[1] Adam Smith and David Hume espoused versions of the ideal observer theory. Roderick Firth laid out a more sophisticated modern version.[3] According to Firth, an ideal observer has the following specific characteristics: omniscience with respect to nonmoral facts, omnipercipience, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, consistency, and normalcy in all other respects. Those using the ideal observer theory do not usually assert that ideal observers actually exist. References[edit] External links[edit] Impartiality in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Hylozoism - Wikipedia Philosophical doctrine which holds that all matter is alive Hylozoism is the philosophical doctrine according to which all matter is alive or animated,[1] either in itself or as participating in the action of a superior principle, usually the world-soul (anima mundi).[2] The theory holds that matter is unified with life or spiritual activity.[3] The word is a 17th-century term formed from the Greek words ὕλη (hyle: "wood, matter") and ζωή (zoē: "life"), which was coined by the English Platonist philosopher Ralph Cudworth in 1678. Hylozoism in Ancient Greek Philosophy[edit] Hylozoism in Western philosophy can be traced back to ancient Greece. Though hylozoism was common in ancient Greek thought, the term had not been coined yet. Renaissance period and early modernity[edit] During the Renaissance period in Western Europe, humanist scholars and philosophers such as Bernardino Telesio, Paracelsus, Cardanus, and Giordano Bruno revived the doctrine of hylozoism. Contemporary hylozoism[edit]

Category:Holism The main article for this category is Holism. Holism is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Pages in category "Holism" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

Health web science Health Web Science (HWS) is a sub-discipline of Web Science that examines the interplay between health sciences, health and well-being, and the World Wide Web. It assumes that each domain influences the others. HWS thus complements and overlaps with Medicine 2.0 (medicine enabled by emerging technologies).[1] Research has uncovered emergent properties that arise as individuals interact with each other, with healthcare providers and with the Web itself. History[edit] HWS began at the Web Science Curriculum meeting in the summer of 2010 at the University of Southampton where approximately forty scholars came together to discuss the subject. The dialogue to more precisely define HWS as a sub-discipline of Web Science began among Web-oriented investigators at the 2012 Medicine 2.0 Conference[4][5] and was formalized in 2013.[6] This nascent discipline of Health Web Science is further described and developed in the monograph "Health Web Science".[7] Health web observatory[edit] References[edit]

Stigmergy Kind people have stigmergically translated this article into German, French, and Spanish. This article is part of a series now incorporated into : ‘Binding Chaos’. Stigmergy is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a next action, by the same or a different agent. In that way, subsequent actions tend to reinforce and build on each other, leading to the spontaneous emergence of coherent, apparently systematic activity. A personality based system can never allow for mass collaboration on a global scale without representation such as that seen in organizations like the United Nations. Currently, the typical response to a situation which requires an action is to create a noun, in the form of a committee, commission, organization, corporation, ngo, government body, etc. Most systems are now run by competitive organizations. Hierarchical System Consensus Hierarchy Stigmergy

Category:Mereology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Pages in category "Mereology" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. Incomplete Nature Core Ideas[edit] Constraints[edit] A central thesis of the book is that absence can still be efficacious. Deacon makes the claim that just as the concept of zero revolutionized mathematics, thinking about life, mind, and other ententional phenomena in terms of constraints (i.e., what is absent) can similarly help us overcome the artificial dichotomy of the mind body problem. Orthograde and contragrade[edit] Deacon notes that the apparent patterns of causality exhibited by living systems seem to be in some ways the inverse of the causal patterns of non-living systems. Orthograde changes are caused internally. Homeodynamics, morphodynamics, and teleodynamics[edit] Much of the book is devoted to expanding upon the ideas of classical thermodynamics, with an extended discussion about how consistently far from equilibrium systems can interact and combine to produce novel emergent properties. Homeodynamics[edit] Morphodynamics[edit] Teleodynamics[edit] Autogenesis[edit] Work[edit] Information[edit]

Hylomorphism - Wikipedia Hylomorphism (or hylemorphism) is a philosophical theory developed by Aristotle, which conceives being (ousia) as a compound of matter and form. The word is a 19th-century term formed from the Greek words ὕλη hyle, "wood, matter", and μορφή, morphē, "form". Matter and form[edit] Aristotle defines X's matter as "that out of which" X is made.[1] For example, letters are the matter of syllables.[2] Thus, "matter" is a relative term:[3] an object counts as matter relative to something else. For example, clay is matter relative to a brick because a brick is made of clay, whereas bricks are matter relative to a brick house. Change is analyzed as a material transformation: matter is what undergoes a change of form.[4] For example, consider a lump of bronze that's shaped into a statue. According to Aristotle's theory of perception, we perceive an object by receiving its form with our sense organs.[7] Thus, forms include complex qualia such as colors, textures, and flavors, not just shapes.[8]