Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Grizzard, Jeannine Annette Author's Email Address swanarts@bellsouth.net URN etd-07212005-144257 Title Integralism and Objectivism on Forms of the Mind/Body Dichotomy in Western Thought Degree Master of Arts Department Philosophy Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Timothy M. Renick Committee Chair Jonathan Herman Committee Member Kathryn McClymond Committee Member Keywords
- Integralism
- Objectivism
- Wilber
- Peikoff
- Mind/Body dichotomy
- nondual
- Self-realization
- Kosmos
Date of Defense 2005-07-19 Availability restricted Abstract This thesis compares philosophers Ken Wilber (Integralism) and Leonard Peikoff (Objectivism), who argue that Western philosophy is saturated with a fallacious mind/body dichotomy, which they trace historically and psychologically. Wilber’s and Peikoff’s agendas, worldviews and starting points are contrasted, specifically, Wilber’s holons, Kosmos model, the Big Three Value Spheres and Peikoff’s metaphysical axioms. Their definitions of consciousness are reviewed, along with their mutual epistemological emphasis on knowledge as contextual. Wilber makes mystical validity claims supported by stages of cognitive development. Discussed attributes of the mind/body dualism are: regression and repression; control versus chaos; hedonism, uniformity and authoritarianism; Subjectivism and Intrinsicism; Ego-agency versus Eco-communion. Both philosophers maintain that each partial strategy collapses into the dysfunctions of the opposite strategy. Their respective models of resolution through integration are presented in conclusion, particularly Wilber’s case for nondual Self-realization.Files
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