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Also known as the integral-aperspectival stage of consciousness, the term integral has been used in a philosophical sense by several twentieth century philosophers and psychologists that is different from the mathematical sense. They include: Aurobindo, Jean Gebser, Clare W. Graves, Don Beck, Chris Cowan, Ken Wilber, and Stuart Davis.
According to the Integral Institute's website, integral means "inclusive, balanced, comprehensive." In the book Spiral Dynamics, Don Beck and Chris Cowen use the term for a stage of consciousness. This stage sequentially follows the pluralistic, or "green" stage. The essential characteristic of integral thought is that it continues the inclusive nature of the pluralistic mentality, yet extends this inclusiveness to those outside of the pluralistic mentality. In doing so, it is able to accept the ideas of development and hierarchy, which the pluralistic mentality finds difficult. In Integral Psychology, Wilber identifies the integral stage with "...cognition of unity, holism, dynamic dialecticism, or universal integralism..."
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"The word integral means comprehensive, inclusive, nonmarginalizing, embracing. Integral approaches to any field attempt to be exactly that—to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coherent view of the topic. In a certain sense, integral approaches are "meta-paradigms," or ways to draw together an already existing number of separate paradigms into an interrelated network of approaches that are mutually enriching." —Ken Wilber, "Foreword", in Frank Visser, Ken Wilber: Thought As Passion
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