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A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismHarris’s Holism and Contemporary Analogues

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical Holism: Harris’s Holism and... [In this chapter the principles of Harris’s holism are presented and compared with contemporary theses from a range of fields. Here, the aim is to demonstrate that Bohm’s implicate order and enactivism rely upon the same concepts of dialectical relations, holism, and process ontology as Harris’s system. I argue that within Harris’s metaphysical framework, a symbiotic merging of these camps holds significant theoretical promise for a transdisciplinary paradigm shift. The aim of Sect. 2.2 is to introduce Harris’s conceptions of internal relations, scale of forms, and the Concrete Universal. Using these terms, Harris’s epistemology and approach to the problem of consciousness are outlined. In Sect. 2.3, the theories of autopoiesis and embodiment are introduced under the enactivist paradigm, which is the closest contemporary position to Harris’s theories of life and mind. In Sect. 2.4, David Bohm’s implicate order is introduced as a quantum mechanical theory partially anticipated by Harris and consistent with enactivist theories of mind. In Sect. 2.5, a synthesis of these three camps is proposed, which sets the course for the following chapters.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismHarris’s Holism and Contemporary Analogues

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[In this chapter the principles of Harris’s holism are presented and compared with contemporary theses from a range of fields. Here, the aim is to demonstrate that Bohm’s implicate order and enactivism rely upon the same concepts of dialectical relations, holism, and process ontology as Harris’s system. I argue that within Harris’s metaphysical framework, a symbiotic merging of these camps holds significant theoretical promise for a transdisciplinary paradigm shift. The aim of Sect. 2.2 is to introduce Harris’s conceptions of internal relations, scale of forms, and the Concrete Universal. Using these terms, Harris’s epistemology and approach to the problem of consciousness are outlined. In Sect. 2.3, the theories of autopoiesis and embodiment are introduced under the enactivist paradigm, which is the closest contemporary position to Harris’s theories of life and mind. In Sect. 2.4, David Bohm’s implicate order is introduced as a quantum mechanical theory partially anticipated by Harris and consistent with enactivist theories of mind. In Sect. 2.5, a synthesis of these three camps is proposed, which sets the course for the following chapters.]

Published: Oct 13, 2021

Keywords: Dialectical holism; Implicate order; Autopoietic enactivism; Neutral monism

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