The Four Quadrants: A Map of All Knowledge and Human Experience
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Published 2022-03-06
The Four Quadrants model was developed by Ken Wilber in his book Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and for him it is a map of the Kosmos (that is to say, of the entirety of reality rather than the merely materialist external cosmos). Wilber uses the model to explain the interconnectedness of all things, to show the hierarchy of experience rising up to the higher spiritual experiences and also as a tool for developing the various elements of our life.
In this episode however we focus in on where the model is most powerful in the context of this channel: the human element and the potential of this Four Quadrants model for helping us understand the intellectual landscape of the 21st century and for understanding the underlying ontological/epistemological groundings for the cultural conflicts we see today.
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Further Reading:
• A Theory of Everything – Ken Wilber
• Sex, Ecology, Spirituality – Ken Wilber
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: A Map of Reality
01:44 What are the four quadrants?
2:34 Q1 – Internal Individual
3:09 Q2 – External Individual
4:22 Q3 – Internal Collective
7:07 Q4 – External Collective
9:00 As a map of knowledge
11:27 As defuser of intellectual conflicts
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All Comments (21)
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Love the channel? Love supporting things? Check out the Patreon page: 💸 Patreon: patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction: A Map of Reality 01:44 What are the four quadrants? 2:34 Q1 – Internal Individual 3:09 Q2 – External Individual 4:22 Q3 – Internal Collective 7:07 Q4 – External Collective 9:00 As a map of knowledge 11:27 As defuser of intellectual conflict
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This must be the FIRST time I've ever watched anyone trying to be as objective as they can be, trying to combine different perceptions and find the separate truths of each viewpoint while attempting to integrate them in a respectful way!
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When I looked at clip I first thought it was a political compass before I read the title. Einstein as an authoritarian right winger. Freud as an authoritarian left winger. Nietzsche as a left libertarian. Marx as a right libertarian. It gave me a chuckle.
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Really great video. What facinates me is the dynamics between the individual and the collective, how our individual experiences are seemingly internal and exteral at the same time and all seem to cohere into some shared collective world or world view. Some people would even deny that an internal collective even exists.
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Amazing job on his part for making such a diverse yet similar plethora of human behaviour, acts and intentions. His analysis is extremely well done and I can't wait to watch it in its entirety.
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My favorite subject from each quadrant: Q1: Zen Q2: General Relativity Q3: Transcendentalism Q4: Digital Revolution
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I've long been aware that science has its limitations; the mind is more than just a composition of flesh, fat, and bones, and emotions extend beyond mere muscle and tissue. I understood that various philosophies address these aspects individually, but it now becomes clear that a comprehensive understanding requires a range of diverse philosophies, rather than a single unified theory. This perspective helps me appreciate the complexity of the human experience.
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I don't know, literally, how you take in all this stuff... everything you talk about on this channel, there is a limit to thinking...but you seem to live independent of it. That 'is' a compliment.
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This is actually a great direction and motivation to learn. I always enjoy learning new things in general but since there’s so much in formation i couldn’t necessarily put the information into one big aspect. The four quadrants should be taught in schools that way students can choose which direction of knowledge they can dive into, and it makes learning everything feel more fulfilling.
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Wow. Just wow. I have always found my different pursuits of knowledge (biology and neuroscience to philosophy and mythology; more recently geopolitics and social justice) to be quite disparate from eachother. This, this one video made me understand which quadrants of knowledge I operate from, towards understanding the the whole. You have yourself an enthusiastic new subscriber!!
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Thank you for making Ken Wilber " bite size" to understand and digest. This is a fantastic video. Thank you and congratulations.
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This past summer, I went through an existential crisis. A friend I hadn’t seen in YEARS reached out and actually gifted me Wilber’s Book - No Boundary. It’s been one of the best books I’ve read. I studied philosophy in Uni, and received my bachelors in 2020. Wilber’s book was some of the best philosophical material I had the pleasure of consuming. Highly recommend.
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What a gem I have found here! Thank you very much for this thought-provoking video, well done!
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The model reminds me of David Howe's Taxonomy of Social Work philosophy. Yes I think you are correct in saying they are useful in helping us to take a step back to see where in the scheme of thought a speaker is positioned. Very well explained. Thank you again.
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This is such a good summary of Ken Wilber's lifetime of works in a mere 13 minutes. I first read one of his books in 1985 and have maintained an interest ever since then.
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I was desprately in search of a Channel that could provide me with these kind of knowldge & intellectual based mental stimulation. & Now I Got It
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This is a topic I didn't know that i needed to know about. Thank you for the in-depth explanation of this!
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That was a wonderful presentation. Great and easy to understand. It’s amazing that I instinctively knew all of theses four quadrants without even knowing I have been incorporating them my whole lives 😽
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This is a great way to explain the four quadrants! I will say although that for anyone to fully grasp the full context of the quadrants, watch the whole video, as watching the whole video, "allows us to take a step back and to give a more balanced appraisal of the situation."
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Thank you sir, it's been a while since I see quality content that wraps up the whole human experience in an entertaining format with good edition. Congratulations. Hi from Colombia
