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Autopoiesis and Cognition
The Realization of the Living
Taschenbuch von F. J. Varela (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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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 an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms. Yet, on the basis of such a conceptual method, and such a theory of living systems, Maturana goes on to define cognition as a biological phenomenon; as, in effect, the very nature of all living systems. And on this basis, to generate the very domains of interac­ tion among such systems which constitute language, description and thinking.
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 an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms. Yet, on the basis of such a conceptual method, and such a theory of living systems, Maturana goes on to define cognition as a biological phenomenon; as, in effect, the very nature of all living systems. And on this basis, to generate the very domains of interac­ tion among such systems which constitute language, description and thinking.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
General Table of Contents.- Biology of Cognition.- Dedication.- I. Introduction.- II. The Problem.- III. Cognitive Function in General.- IV. Cognitive Function in Particular.- V. Problems in the Neurophysiology of Cognition.- VI. Conclusions.- VII. Post Scriptum.- Autopoiesis: the Organization of the Living.- Preface (by Sir Stafford Beer).- I. On Machines, Living and Otherwise.- II. Dispensability of Teleonomy.- III. Embodiments of Autopoiesis.- IV. Diversity of Autopoiesis.- V. Presence of Autopoiesis.- Appendix: The Nervous System.- Index of Names.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 180
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt: xxx
146 S.
ISBN-13: 9789027710161
ISBN-10: 9027710163
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Varela, F. J.
Maturana, H. R.
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Hersteller: Springer Netherland
Springer Netherlands
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße: 223 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: F. J. Varela (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.1991
Gewicht: 0,263 kg
preigu-id: 102522369
Inhaltsverzeichnis
General Table of Contents.- Biology of Cognition.- Dedication.- I. Introduction.- II. The Problem.- III. Cognitive Function in General.- IV. Cognitive Function in Particular.- V. Problems in the Neurophysiology of Cognition.- VI. Conclusions.- VII. Post Scriptum.- Autopoiesis: the Organization of the Living.- Preface (by Sir Stafford Beer).- I. On Machines, Living and Otherwise.- II. Dispensability of Teleonomy.- III. Embodiments of Autopoiesis.- IV. Diversity of Autopoiesis.- V. Presence of Autopoiesis.- Appendix: The Nervous System.- Index of Names.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 180
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt: xxx
146 S.
ISBN-13: 9789027710161
ISBN-10: 9027710163
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Varela, F. J.
Maturana, H. R.
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Hersteller: Springer Netherland
Springer Netherlands
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße: 223 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: F. J. Varela (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.1991
Gewicht: 0,263 kg
preigu-id: 102522369
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