Holon (philosophy)
= Holon (philosophy)
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In philosophy, a "holon" is a term that describes something that is both a whole and a part of a larger whole. The concept was popularized by Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book "The Ghost in the Machine". Koestler used the term to illustrate how entities or systems can be analyzed and understood as self-contained wholes, while simultaneously being components of larger systems.