Janus: A Summing UpPrologue: the new calendar -- pt. 1. Outline of a system: The Holarchy -- Beyond eros and thanatos -- The three dimensions of emotion -- Ad majorem gloriam... -- An alternative to despair -- pt. 2. The creative mind: Humour and wit -- The art of discovery -- The discoveries of art -- pt. 3. Creative evolution: Crumbling citadels -- Lamarck revisited -- Strategies and purpose in evolution -- pt. 4. New horizons: Free will in a heirarchic context -- Physics and metaphysics -- A glance through the keyhole -- Beyond atomism and holism- the concept of the holon -- An experiment in perception -- Notes on the autonomic nervous system -- UFOs: a festival of absurdity. |
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Authors Note | 1 |
The Holarchy | 23 |
Beyond Eros and Thanatos | 57 |
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