Humberto R Maturana
Biographic Data
| ID | 4488061 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Humberto R Maturana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Humberto R |
| FAMILY NAME | Maturana |
| SIGNATURE | MATURANA H R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chile |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mesa 1
El Arbol del Conocimiento
The tree of knowledge
This text explores 'knowing how we know'. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications. They assert that the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence.
Response to Berman's Critique of the Tree of Knowledge
This article is Maturana's response to Morris Berman's review of The Thee of Knowledge by Maturana and Varela. Maturana claims that Berman partially misunderstood the book and explains that, far from advocating passivity in the face of evil, the book asks that we act out of responsible, personally chosen love, instead of from the belief that we hold a better "truth." In the case of Chile, this would mean opposing Pinochet for personal and cultura…
Science and Daily Life
Reality
It is said that we human beings are rational animals. On account of this, we devalue emotions and exalt rationality so much that, whenever we see some complex behaviour in a non-human animal, we want to ascribe rational thinking to it. In this process, we have made the notion of objective reality a reference to something that we deem universal and independent of what we do, and which we use as an argument aimed at compelling someone to do somethi…
Erkennen
Biologie der Kognition
Der Mensch ist fahig zu erkennen. Diese Fahigkeit setzt allerdings seine biologische Integritat (Ganzheit, Unversehrtheit) voraus. Der Mensch kann auserdem erkennen, das er erkennt. Erkennen (Kognition) als basale psychologische und somit biologische Funktion steuert seine Handhabung der Welt, und Wissen gibt seinen Handlungen Sicherheit. Objektives Wissen scheint moglich, und die Welt erscheint dadurch planvoll und vorhersagbar. Und doch ist Wis…
Biologie der Sprache
Ich bin Biologe und kein Linguist. Ich werde daher als Biologe über die Sprache sprechen und dabei zwei grundlegende biologische Fragenber erörtern, nämlich
Cognitive Function in Particular
Dispensability of Teleonomy
Presence of Autopoiesis
Problems in the Neurophysiology of Cognition
Embodiments of Autopoiesis
The Problem
On Machines, Living and Otherwise
Cognitive Function in General
Diversity of Autopoiesis
Conclusions
Autopoiesis and Cognition
The organization of the living
Mechanism and Biological Explanation
Machines and Biology have been, since antiquity, closely related. From the zoological figures present in astronomical simulacra, through renaissance mechanical imitations of animals, through Decartes' wind pipe nerves, to present day discussions on the computer and the brain, runs a continuous thread. In fact, the very name of mechanism for an attitude of inquiry throughout the history of Biology reveals this at a philosophical level ([4] and [6]…
What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain
In this paper, we analyze the activity of single fibers in the optic nerve of a frog. Our method is to find what sort of stimulus causes the largest activity in one nerve fiber and then what is the exciting aspect of that stimulus such that variations in everything else cause little change in the response. It has been known for the past 20 years that each fiber is connected not to a few rods and cones in the retina but to very many over a fair ar…
Response to Berman's Critique of the Tree of Knowledge
This article is Maturana's response to Morris Berman's review of The Thee of Knowledge by Maturana and Varela. Maturana claims that Berman partially misunderstood the book and explains that, far from advocating passivity in the face of evil, the book asks that we act out of responsible, personally chosen love, instead of from the belief that we hold a better "truth." In the case of Chile, this would mean opposing Pinochet for personal and cultura…
Mechanism and Biological Explanation
Machines and Biology have been, since antiquity, closely related. From the zoological figures present in astronomical simulacra, through renaissance mechanical imitations of animals, through Decartes' wind pipe nerves, to present day discussions on the computer and the brain, runs a continuous thread. In fact, the very name of mechanism for an attitude of inquiry throughout the history of Biology reveals this at a philosophical level ([4] and [6]…
What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain
In this paper, we analyze the activity of single fibers in the optic nerve of a frog. Our method is to find what sort of stimulus causes the largest activity in one nerve fiber and then what is the exciting aspect of that stimulus such that variations in everything else cause little change in the response. It has been known for the past 20 years that each fiber is connected not to a few rods and cones in the retina but to very many over a fair ar…
Mechanism and Biological Explanation
Machines and Biology have been, since antiquity, closely related. From the zoological figures present in astronomical simulacra, through renaissance mechanical imitations of animals, through Decartes' wind pipe nerves, to present day discussions on the computer and the brain, runs a continuous thread. In fact, the very name of mechanism for an attitude of inquiry throughout the history of Biology reveals this at a philosophical level ([4] and [6]…
The organization of the living
Cognitive Function in Particular
Dispensability of Teleonomy
Presence of Autopoiesis
Problems in the Neurophysiology of Cognition
Embodiments of Autopoiesis
The Problem
On Machines, Living and Otherwise
Cognitive Function in General
Diversity of Autopoiesis
Conclusions
Autopoiesis and Cognition
Erkennen
Biologie der Kognition
Der Mensch ist fahig zu erkennen. Diese Fahigkeit setzt allerdings seine biologische Integritat (Ganzheit, Unversehrtheit) voraus. Der Mensch kann auserdem erkennen, das er erkennt. Erkennen (Kognition) als basale psychologische und somit biologische Funktion steuert seine Handhabung der Welt, und Wissen gibt seinen Handlungen Sicherheit. Objektives Wissen scheint moglich, und die Welt erscheint dadurch planvoll und vorhersagbar. Und doch ist Wis…
Biologie der Sprache
Ich bin Biologe und kein Linguist. Ich werde daher als Biologe über die Sprache sprechen und dabei zwei grundlegende biologische Fragenber erörtern, nämlich
Reality
It is said that we human beings are rational animals. On account of this, we devalue emotions and exalt rationality so much that, whenever we see some complex behaviour in a non-human animal, we want to ascribe rational thinking to it. In this process, we have made the notion of objective reality a reference to something that we deem universal and independent of what we do, and which we use as an argument aimed at compelling someone to do somethi…
Science and Daily Life
Response to Berman's Critique of the Tree of Knowledge
This article is Maturana's response to Morris Berman's review of The Thee of Knowledge by Maturana and Varela. Maturana claims that Berman partially misunderstood the book and explains that, far from advocating passivity in the face of evil, the book asks that we act out of responsible, personally chosen love, instead of from the belief that we hold a better "truth." In the case of Chile, this would mean opposing Pinochet for personal and cultura…
The tree of knowledge
This text explores 'knowing how we know'. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications. They assert that the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence.
El Arbol del Conocimiento
Mesa 1
Philosophy (16 works) · Epistemology (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Biology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Autopoiesis (5 works) · Cognitive science (5 works) · Neuroscience (5 works) · Origins and Evolution of Life (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)