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Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42)
H.R. Maturana
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Paperback. What makes a living system a living system? What kind of biological phenomenon is the phenomenon of cognition? This book discovers that these two questions have a common answer: living systems are cognitive systems, and living as a process is a process of cognition. It aims to give a fresh perspective of biological (human) phenomena. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
This is a bold, brilliant, provocative and puzzling work. It demands a radical shift in standpoint, an almost paradoxical posture in which living systems are described in terms of what lies outside the domain of descriptions. Professor Humberto Maturana, with his colleague Francisco Varela, have undertaken the construction of a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as they are objects of observation and description, nor even as in teracting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to them selves. Thus, the standpoint of description of such unities from the 'outside', i. e. , by ... Read more
This is a bold, brilliant, provocative and puzzling work. It demands a radical shift in standpoint, an almost paradoxical posture in which living systems are described in terms of what lies outside the domain of descriptions. Professor Humberto Maturana, with his colleague Francisco Varela, have undertaken the construction of a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as they are objects of observation and description, nor even as in teracting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to them selves. Thus, the standpoint of description of such unities from the 'outside', i. e. , by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027710161
SKU
V9789027710161
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