Hi Lene, Thanks so much for this note. An excellent point. I agree and will be sharing more about how I am thinking about the nature of the concepts of behavior, spirit and morality and there interplay. But first, let me just take a note to briefly introduce you to the TOK list. Lene Andersen is a leading thinker in the area of education and the future of society. She is the author of two books, The Nordic Secret (with Tomas Björkman) and Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World. Both books are excellent, and introduce folks to what might be called a "metamodern sensibility" and the concept of "Bildung". For a recent review that characterizes the former book as having "genius-level insights" and explains what is meant by Bildung, see here<https://empathy.guru/2019/09/15/the-nordic-secret-book-review/>. In May of the this past year, Lene led a conference that was exploring a new path to Enlightenment thinking for the 21st Century, in much the same way the TOK Executive Committee was thinking of it. So, there are many parallels and I am thrilled that Lene has joined us on this list. Welcome! Best, Gregg ___________________________________________ Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. Professor Department of Graduate Psychology 216 Johnston Hall MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (540) 568-7857 (phone) (540) 568-4747 (fax) Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity. Check out my Theory of Knowledge blog at Psychology Today at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/theory-knowledge From: tree of knowledge system discussion <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Lene Rachel Andersen - Nordic Bildung / Fremvirke Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: YouTube Channel: TOK21 and Behavior Paper Hi Gregg and TOK List, I like it. Regarding Spirit, it can be individual and collective, such as the spirit of the American people, the spirit of the company etc. That does not mean that every American or every person in that company behave, think or feel the same, but that there is a mood, an energy or, well, a spirit that one becomes a part of if one truly joins the group--and it is a path into the group. The German word is Geist, which is what the German Idealists were exploring as part of Romanticism. Best, Lene On 14-09-2019 14:57, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx wrote: Hi TOK List, I hope this finds you well. I am writing with a couple of updates and reflections. First, I am happy to say that a paper that Joe Michalski and I wrote was recently accepted for publication in the journal of Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences. It provides the most thorough argument for understanding the concept of "behavior" from a ToK lens and relating it to the science of psychology. It also formally introduces the Periodic Table of Behavior. This will be important to the larger Theory of Knowledge for the 21st Century vision because it continues to advance the argument that the language game of science can be understood via the concept of behavior. The paper argues that scientific epistemology is about the methods of reliably observing and measuring "behavior", defined as changes in object-field relationships. This is one aspect of the concept. Then there is the scientific ontology argument that there are different kinds of behavior in nature. This is what the Tree of Knowledge maps. On the left side, there is the ontic reality of the behaviors of objects (Matter), organisms (Life), animals (Mind), and people (Culture). And, on the right side, emerging out of human Culture there are the scientific ontological models found in the physical, biological, "psychological", and human social sciences. Psychological is in quotes here because it refers to how the ToK characterizes "basic" psychology. A more apt general description of the current category of science that corresponds to the animal-mental dimension would be the broad "mind, brain, behavioral sciences". Some time in the not too distant future, I will build off of this analysis and share Zak Stein's conception of "metapsychology" and how it corresponds to what I have meant by a consilient scientific humanistic philosophy for the 21st Century. I will be sharing how I think the concepts of "Behavior, Spirit, and Morality" provide a way to frame the issues and move toward a more holistic language system that resolves the tensions between the scientific and humanistic worldviews. "Behavior" refers to how the ToK System frames the language game of science, "spirit" refers to each person's unique, idiographic phenomenological experience of being in the world from their first person perspective, and "morality" refers to the intersubjectively shared values that define the good relative to evil (or however values are framed). Speaking of a Theory Of Knowledge for the 21st Century, I am exploring the possibility of developing a YouTube Channel, TOK21. The description is attached. I would welcome ideas, suggestions or feedback. I will be getting consultation with some folks here at JMU for doing a YouTube channel. Any ideas folks have would be great. Finally, as I have been talking to more and more folks outside of both psychology and the US, it has become increasingly clear to me that it is essential to couch the Tree of Knowledge/UTUA Framework in its socio-historical context. By that, I mean that the scheme was definitely born in an American/Clinical/Psychological/Empirical/Science context. That is, it really is a response to the intersection of these ideas and the fact that there is a deep and profound problem of incoherence in the "center" of them. Last night, I arranged it into the acronym "SPACE" (as Andee says, I do love my acronyms). This concept can then be used to describe the SPACE (i.e., the specific institutional, socio-historical justification context) that the system arose in response to. I say this because its form is very much influenced by that context. For the record, I do not mean to imply that it is only valid in this cultural context. Rather, only that it is important to contextual the forces that gave rise to it to understand its full form and function. Hope folks have a good weekend. 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