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Autopoiesis and Cognition
H.R. Maturana
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Description for Autopoiesis and Cognition
Hardcover. What makes a living system a living system? What kind of biological phenomenon is the phenomenon of cognition? These two questions have been frequently considered, but, this book considers them as concrete biological questions. 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 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
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
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027710154
SKU
V9789027710154
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