Near-decomposability is a property of complex systems where interactions within subsystems are much stronger and faster than interactions between subsystems. Introduced by economist and cognitive scientist Herbert Simon, it allows large systems to function, evolve, and be understood without total collapse when one part changes
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
