It is made up of four papers, each of which can be read in its own right. The reception of the concept of autopoiesis in the social sciences. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Humberto maturana born september 14, 1928 is a chilean biologist turned philosopher. From being to doing, the origins of the biology of cognition. Pdf teoria del conocimiento maturana varela alex bravo. The term autopoiesis refers to a system capable of reproducing and maintaining itself. Maturana was dissatisfied with existing answers to the question such as vitalist theories, systems theory, or. Humberto maturana wrote the introduction and the essay biology of cognition 1970. Maturana humberto r varela francisco j autopoiesis and cognition the realization of the living.
Maturana humberto r varela francisco j autopoiesis and. The term was introduced in 1972 by chilean biologists humberto maturana and francisco varela. The focus was qualitative with hermeneutical scopes in a state of the art modality. During the 1970s maturana, often in conjunction with his student francisco varela, published a series of papers in which this framework was progressively refined. Autopoiesis can be defined as the ratio between the complexity of a system and the complexity of its environment. Maturana was dissatisfied with existing answers to the question such as vitalist theories, systems theory, or functionalist or teleological theories that.
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