AQAL (All quadrants, all levels)
Origin: Lat. totus quadrans, -antis, totus, prov. nivel, totus
Ken Wilber argues that manifest reality comprises four domains, and that each domain, or "quadrant" has its own truth-standard, or test for validity. A useful methodology for environmental scanning which is first identified and described in Ken Wilbur’s Integral Theory. AQAL has a box grid with four quadrants, each one a useful way of looking at a particular issue. The upper left quadrant is the Interior‐Individual (Intentional). The upper right quadrant is the Exterior‐Individual (Behavioral). The lower left is the Interior‐Collective (Cultural) and the lower right is the Exterior‐Collective (Social).
Spanish: TCTL (Todos los cuadrantes, todos los niveles)
Sources and references
- Jackson. Michael “Foresight Glossary”cited 180 times
- Institute for Alternartive Futures “Wiser Futures Workshop Compendium: Using futures tools to better understand and create the future”cited 31 times
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