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1. • • Koestler understands organisms to be a multi-levelled hierarchy of semi-autonomous sub-wholes, branching into sub-wholes of a lower order, and so on. Any particular sub-whole at any level of the hierarchy is a holon. A perfect example is the individual.
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   What is a holon in chemistry?

   • A term coined by Arthur Koestler. In Integral Theory, a holon refers to a whole that is simultaneously part of another whole, or “whole/part.” Whole atoms are parts of whole molecules, which themselves are parts of whole cells, and so on. There are individual holons and social holons.

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   What is a holon in metaphysics?

   • Thus, holon is a metaphysical category designating a level in a hierarchy that is ontologically interconnected with other holons below, above, and beside it. A holon is a level in a hierarchy; a holon is part of a whole. Thus, to use Koestler’s terminology, a hierarchy is an integrated set of holons; a holon is an integrated set of parts.

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   What is a holon in a hierarchy?

   • The holon is a fundamental concept in hierarchies. It captures the dualities that appear in hierarchical complexity by emphasizing that the holon is at once an autonomous whole, while also being subsumed as a part in some upper level structure.

   Holons, creaons, genons, environs, in hierarchy theory: Where we have

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   How does Patten define holons?

   • Holons are dual structures that embody contradiction in simultaneous wholeness and partness. Patten defines holons in terms of how they function, and in this way he translates across levels with explicit steps. He does this by specifying the input environs (environment) to feed creaons, the input points of holons.

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   What is a holons theory?

   • This notion of holons — the idea that the universe is fundamentally made of whole/parts within whole/parts within whole/parts, turtles all the way up and turtles all the way down — this isn’t just important in a theoretical or philosophical sense.

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   What is a holon and why is it important?

   • Courtesy of Amay Kataria The concept of a holon can be used as an epistemic device to quantify a complex system and understand the flow of control and information in our society. A society without a hierarchical structure would be chaotic. However, no society has a single monolithic structure.

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   Dec 8, 2022 · What Isn’t a Holon? (Heaps, Wholes, and Artifacts) An overview of the different kinds of holarchy (or nested hierarchy) that exist in the universe. Inhabiting Social Holons Taking a first-person inside perspective of various holons in a group, at multiple levels of evolution. Finding Wholeness

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   Dec 10, 2014 · Holons are the vehicle used in this paper to tie network and hierarchy theory together, and show how working in tandem they can advance complexity theory in biology in general. Holons are dual structures that embody contradiction in simultaneous wholeness and partness.

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5. www.tracebelll.com › blog › blog-post-title-four-8n3ktWhat is a Holon? — Trace Bell

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   Dec 28, 2023 · Holon theory allows us to see the universe as a nested hierarchy of holons, also known as a holoarchy. A holoarchy has a top-down influence and a bottom-up influence meaning that holons effect and influence each other bi-directionally on the holoarchy.

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   Feb 5, 2017 · In Integral Theory, a holon refers to a whole that is simultaneously part of another whole, or “whole/part.” Whole atoms are parts of whole molecules, which themselves are parts of whole cells, and so on. There are individual holons and social holons.

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   Mar 31, 2019 · A philosophically complete conception of scientific ecology must address (1) reductionism and (2) holism in Western natural science. Both are necessary for an adequate metaphysics of ecology. The two are consolidated by (3) hierarchy theory.

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8. www.manacontemporary.com › editorial › a-briefA Brief Primer on Holons and Holarchy - Mana Contemporary

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   Apr 1, 2020 · A Holon is a node in the structure of a hierarchy that addresses the ambiguity between part and whole. A part is a fragment, which doesn’t have its own legitimate existence. But a whole is something complete in itself; an autonomous, independent unit.

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   The holon is the surface that integrates the environment for the parts, and the parts for the environment. What is included in a holon is subjective choice. The holon is another expression of Levins and Lewontin’s dialectical materialism in biology. Holons yield to the four Aristotelian causes.