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Publication Date: 2007-Apr
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What Is Integral Theory?
Marquis, Andre
Counseling and Values, v51 n3 p164 Apr 2007
Integral theory is a way of knowing that helps foster the recognition that disparate aspects of reality--such as biological constitution, cultural worldviews, felt-sense of selfhood, and social systems--are all critically important to any knowledge quest. Integral theory provides an "all quadrants, all levels" (K. Wilber, 2006, p. 26) metatheoretical framework that simultaneously honors the important contributions of a broad spectrum of epistemological outlooks while also acknowledging the parochial limits and misconceptions of those perspectives. In other words, integral theory affords a perspective that allows counselors to situate diverse knowledge approaches in such a way that they synergistically complement, rather than contradict, one another. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Theory Practice Relationship, Models, Counselors, Epistemology, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Piagetian Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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