Beyond atomism and holism — the concept of the holon

Koestler, A. (1969). Beyond atomism and holism — the concept of the holon. Beyond Reductionism: New Perspectives in the Life Sciences (The Alpbach Symposium 1968), 192-232.

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Year

1969

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https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.1970.0023matched

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• Holarchy
  • The holon resolves the dichotomy by insisting that the "part" and "whole" descriptions are not rivals but two faces of one thing seen from two directions.

    This sourceHutchinson. Develops the holon as a resolution of the atomism-versus-holism dichotomy via the self-assertive (autonomous) and integrative tendencies present at every level of a self-regulating open hierarchic order, grounding the self-similar cross-level structure and its substrate-neutral general properties.

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