Initial Reponse from Wilber

 

Hi Frank,

Peter's article is interesting, but it's not quite right for the Guide.
First, he overlooks my many statements that at each step in evolution, Eros
reaches up (transcendence) while Agape reaches down (immanence), so that each
part is taken into the whole and the whole is immanently present in each part
as its overarching agency (the whole sets the probability of each part's
action). 


Further, he overlooks the fact that I repeatedly say that each
quadrant causes, and is caused by, the others--i.e., radial logic. 


Further, he ignores my many statements that in the hermeneutic circle (and all holons
are in the hermeneutic circle) there is a ceaseless circular pattern of
understanding (I actually use the analogy of two mirrors reflecting each other
endlessly). 


Again, that is precisely radial as he describes it. He is being
quite unfair to my overall view. 


Finally, when he tries to set up a dialectic between form and emptiness, he shows that his understanding of emptiness is
merely intellectual.

But we will definitely try to include a summary of his criticism in the Guide.
Thanks for finding this.

I will check out the new web site.

Best wishes,
Ken

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