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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.

This article has been published in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 9: 4 (oct.- nov. 1996) pp.283-302

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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