THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMBERTO MATURANA TO THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY AND PSYCHOLOGY. By Alfredo B. Ruiz
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ABSTRACT
This work attempts to present the most important contributions of Humberto R. Maturana to the field of psychology, in an effort to reveal them directly. The main conclusion is that Maturana expands the understanding of humanness and therapy through revealing the biology of the observer.
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This article has been published in the
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 9: 4 (oct.- nov. 1996) pp.283-302
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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMBERTO MATURANA TO THE SCIENCES OF COMPLEXITY AND PSYCHOLOGY
ALFREDO B. RUIZ
Instituto de Terapia Cognitiva. Santiago, Chile
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INTRODUCTORY NOTES
THE BIOLOGICAL THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
AS A UNITARY EXPLANATORY SYSTEM OF LIFE
EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Scientific Explanations
The Notion of Structural Determinism
Living Systems as Autopoietic
Structure-Determined Dystems
Living system and physiology
Living system and medium
The Concept of Autopoiesis
BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Recursiveness
The Notion of Language
Language and Languaging
Emotion and Emotioning
Role of the Nervous System in the Conservation of the Structural Coupling Between a Living System and Medium
Notion of Self-Consciousness
Perception and Illusion
The Multiverse
The Concept of Culture
The Biology of Love
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
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