The Status and Relevance of Phenomenology for Integral Research: Or Why Phenomenology is More and Different than an "Upper Left" or "Zone #1" Affair.
The specific treatment that Ken Wilber gives phenomenology in his model of integral theory requires a critical investigation. According to Wilber's model, different methodologies are situated in distinct quadrants or "domains of knowing," namely the subjective, objective, intersubjective and interob...
| Publicado en: | Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary & Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research, & Praxis Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 51 - 96 |
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2009
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