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'''Janus: A Summing Up''' (1978) is a book by [[Arthur Koestler]], in which he develops his [[Philosophy|philosophical]] idea of Holarchies. The [[Holarchy]] provides a coherent way of organizing [[knowledge]] and [[nature]] all together. The idea behind the Holoarchy is that everything we can think of is composed by [[holon]]s (Parts and Wholes together), and that each holon is located in such a way that it always has one above and one below. Every holon is like a two-faced [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman god]]: one side (the whole) looks down; the other side (the part) looks up. In that way everything is organized, from the [[Human anatomy|human body]], to [[chemistry]] to the history of philosophy, etc. |
'''Janus: A Summing Up''' ([[1978]]) is a book by [[Arthur Koestler]], in which he develops his [[Philosophy|philosophical]] idea of Holarchies. The [[Holarchy]] provides a coherent way of organizing [[knowledge]] and [[nature]] all together. The idea behind the Holoarchy is that everything we can think of is composed by [[holon]]s (Parts and Wholes together), and that each holon is located in such a way that it always has one above and one below. Every holon is like a two-faced [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman god]]: one side (the whole) looks down; the other side (the part) looks up. In that way everything is organized, from the [[Human anatomy|human body]], to [[chemistry]] to the history of philosophy, etc. |
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Revision as of 11:58, 28 April 2005
Janus: A Summing Up (1978) is a book by Arthur Koestler, in which he develops his philosophical idea of Holarchies. The Holarchy provides a coherent way of organizing knowledge and nature all together. The idea behind the Holoarchy is that everything we can think of is composed by holons (Parts and Wholes together), and that each holon is located in such a way that it always has one above and one below. Every holon is like a two-faced Janus, the Roman god: one side (the whole) looks down; the other side (the part) looks up. In that way everything is organized, from the human body, to chemistry to the history of philosophy, etc.