If the Wholeness Axiom WA0 is itself consistent, then it is consistent with v=hod. A consequence of the proof is that the various Wholeness Axioms are not all equivalent. Additionally, the theory zfc+wa0 is finitely axiomatizable. The Wholeness Axioms, proposed by Paul Corazza, occupy a high place in the upper stratosphere of the large cardinal hierarchy. They are intended as weakenings of the ...

In this paper it is argued that the concept of integrity in a person, or an activity, or an institution, is intimately connected with notions of wholeness and completeness, and that the creation of integrity consists in developing an awareness of the possibility of greater wholeness and completeness, and in creating environments in which they may occur. In a manner analogous to ethical integrit...

A generalization of formal model of internal measurement proposed by one of the authors (Gunji, et al. (1997). Physica D 110, 289-312) is addressed. An interface between defining a fixed point and holding an adjunction is constructed motivated by the problem of the gap between parts and wholeness in complex systems. We define a construction of the generalized procedure of formal model of intern...

As is clear in the 2008 report of the President's Council on Bioethics, the brain death debate is plagued by ambiguity in the use of such key terms as 'integration' and 'wholeness'. Addressing this problem, I offer a plausible ontological account of organismal unity drawing on the work of Hoffman and Rosenkrantz, and then apply that account to the case of brain death, concluding that a brain de...

This study represents an effort to construct a learning framework for knowledge building and collective wisdom advancement in a virtual learning community (VLC) from the perspectives of system wholeness, intelligence wholeness and dynamics, learning models, and knowledge management. It also tries to construct the zone of proximal development (ZPD) of VLCs based on the combination of Vygotsky’s ...

Abstract The post-genomic era raises questions about neo-Darwinian genetic determinism. Instead, open aspects of macroevolution become intelligible by Evo-Devo research. At all developmental levels, self-organization acts robustly towards “wholeness”, as exemplified organoid technologies. In retinal reaggregates histotypical features are reached along different formative routes. Thus, tissue fo...