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Humberto Maturana - Definition and Overview

Humberto Maturana (born 1928 in Santiago) is a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Together with Francisco Varela, he invented the concept of autopoiesis. Maturana is also considered to be one of the founders of radical constructivism - a relativistic epistemology built on empirical findings of neurobiology.

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  • Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela, The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, Boston: Shambhala, 1987, ISBN 0877733732
  • Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela, Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living
  • Maturana, Erkennen: Die Oranization und Verkörperung der Wirklichkeit


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