https://www.dialogicdesignscience.info/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=HolonHolon - Revision history2026-04-03T21:03:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://www.dialogicdesignscience.info/w/index.php?title=Holon&diff=788&oldid=prevLaouris at 17:38, 14 February 20232023-02-14T17:38:12Z<p></p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A holon (Greek: ὅλον, from ὅλος, holos, 'whole' and -ον, -on, 'part') is something that is simultaneously a whole in and of itself, as well as a part of a larger whole.[1] In other words, holons can be understood as the constituent part–wholes of a hierarchy.<br />
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The holon represents a way to overcome the dichotomy between parts and wholes, as well as a way to account for both the self-assertive and the integrative tendencies of organisms. The term was coined by [[Arthur Koestler]] in The Ghost in the Machine (1967). In Koestler's formulations, a holon is something that has integrity and identity while simultaneously being a part of a larger system; it is a subsystem of a greater system.<br />
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