John B Adams
I'm a transdisciplinarian, articulating a consilient worldview that can serve as a basis for a political philosophy of whole-systems well-being, and which can also inform the pathway towards its implementation. My Feb 2021 thesis synthesizes findings and frameworks from a wide variety of fields to provide an integrative understanding of the human being and its well-being. With this embedded ontology well-sketched, I am now working on an embedded/consilient epistemology.
My undergrad was in ecological restoration, and my graduate work has been in the company of ecological economists. I'm also a therapeutic bodyworker, contact improv dancer, facilitator of a relational/intersubjective practice called Circling, and monk in a contemplative wisdom tradition. I recently spent a month on the pacific crest trail with my dad.
My undergrad was in ecological restoration, and my graduate work has been in the company of ecological economists. I'm also a therapeutic bodyworker, contact improv dancer, facilitator of a relational/intersubjective practice called Circling, and monk in a contemplative wisdom tradition. I recently spent a month on the pacific crest trail with my dad.
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This work suggests a number of conclusions. First, all three of these relational contexts (embodiment, sociality, terrestriality) are fundamental to both our existence and our well-being. It follows that any coherent worldview must account for these dynamic interrelations. Second, human well-being may be proximally defined by the capacity for integrated, non-defensive functioning, which is a developmental achievement dependent on supportive conditions. Third, beyond material sufficiency, the most important factors for WB seem to be attentional, collective, and mutualistic, rather than consumptive, individual, and rival.
This thesis, by synthesizing a variety of scientific disciplines into a coherent framework for an embedded, complex-systems understanding of whole-person health and well-being, is the first part of a research agenda toward understanding—and achieving—whole-systems well-being, from person to planet.
This work suggests a number of conclusions. First, all three of these relational contexts (embodiment, sociality, terrestriality) are fundamental to both our existence and our well-being. It follows that any coherent worldview must account for these dynamic interrelations. Second, human well-being may be proximally defined by the capacity for integrated, non-defensive functioning, which is a developmental achievement dependent on supportive conditions. Third, beyond material sufficiency, the most important factors for WB seem to be attentional, collective, and mutualistic, rather than consumptive, individual, and rival.
This thesis, by synthesizing a variety of scientific disciplines into a coherent framework for an embedded, complex-systems understanding of whole-person health and well-being, is the first part of a research agenda toward understanding—and achieving—whole-systems well-being, from person to planet.