The Tree of Knowledge: System A New Map for Big History

This article summarizes the Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System (Henriques, 2003; 2011), and compares and contrasts its depiction of cosmic evolution as four “dimensions of existence” (i.e., Matter, Life, Mind and Culture) with Big History’s eight thresholds of complexity. Both systems share the concern...

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Main Authors: Gregg Henriques, Joseph Michalski, Steven Quackenbush, Waldemar Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Big History Association 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Big History
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Online Access:https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2469