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		Humberto Maturana (born September 14, 1928 in Santiago) is a Chilean biologist and philosopher.
		Maturana is also considered to be one of the founders of radical constructivism - a relativistic epistemology built on empirical findings of neurobiology.
		Maturana, Humberto R. Biology of language: The epistemology of reality,Chapter 2 in Miller, George A., and Elizabeth Lenneberg (eds.), Psychology and Biology of Language and Thought: Essays in Honor of Eric Lenneberg, New York: Academic Press, 1978, pp.
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	Humberto Maturana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Humberto Maturana (born September 14, 1928 in Santiago) is a Chilean biologist whose work crosses over into philosophy and cognitive science.
		Maturana and his student Francisco Varela were the first to define and employ the concept of autopoiesis.
		Maturana is also a founder of radical constructivism, a relativistic epistemology built on empirical findings of neurobiology.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Humberto_Maturana.html (384 words)

	Humberto Maturana - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Humberto Romesín Maturana (* 14 September 1928 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean biologist (with the emphasis neuro biology) and philosopher.
		Together with Francisco J. Varela Maturana is considered as one the founder of the radical constructionalism and as an inventor of the concept of the Autopoiesis (1972).
		Maturana, Davila and further coworkers at Institut concern themselves with biological bases of mankind in the sense of science-spreading work, whereby versatile connections are treated by biology with questions of philosophy, psychology, sociology.
	cleverpedia.com /Humberto_Maturana (2140 words)

	Unofficial biography of Humberto Maturana. Humberto Maturana life and work. Humberto Maturana contributions.
		Humberto Maturana (born September 14, 1928 in Santiago) is a Chilean biologist and philosopher.
		Maturana is also considered to be one of the founders of radical constructivism, a relativistic epistemology built on empirical findings of neurobiology.
		Maturana, Humberto R. Biology of language: The epistemology of reality,Chapter 2 in Miller, George A., and Elizabeth Lenneberg (eds.), Psychology and Biology of Language and Thought: Essays in Honor of Eric Lenneberg, New York: Academic Press, 1978, pp.
	www.mundoandino.com /Chile/Humberto-Maturana (448 words)

	Kenny interpreting Maturana
		Maturana claims that if you tell someone that: "I love you because you are so beautiful / intelligent etc." then either you do not really love that person or you are pretending to have reasons for something for which there are no reasons.
		Maturana gives the following example of structural changes triggered by interactions to underline the absence of meaning; In the process of lens-making two pieces of glass are ground together.
		Maturana's theory also indicates that we must abandon causal concepts such as those of the "purpose" of symptoms: the "function" of disorders: the "resistance" of this complainant etc. All of these are attributions of an observer.
	www.oikos.org /vinclife.htm (8627 words)

	insomniaz
		Maturana claims that if you tell someone that: "I love you because you are so beautiful / intelligent etc." then either you do not really love that person or you are pretending to have reasons for something for which there are no reasons.
		Maturana talks about 3 main modes in which we can act and these 3 are distinguished largely in terms of differences of intent.
		Maturana's theory also indicates that we must abandon causal concepts such as those of the "purpose" of symptoms: the "function" of disorders: the "resistance" of this complainant etc. All of these are attributions of an observer.
	insomniaz.freeservers.com /misc.maturana.htm (8691 words)

	Resources : Autopoiesis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Maturana and Varela are at pains to take account of the perspective of the observer when talking of systems and how they behave in relation to their environment.
		Maturana and Varela use the term 'languaging' to capture the nature of language as an ongoing and situated activity.
		Maturana's official homepage has some links to some more recent papers that are not likely to be of so much interest to the Agents community, and...
	www.cs.ucl.ac.uk /staff/t.quick/autopoiesis.html (2319 words)

	Overview of Autopoietic Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Maturana and Varela's complementary distinction between organization and structure is very useful in delineating and analyzing systems' form and function.
		To Maturana and Varela, cognition is contingent on embodiment, because this ability to differentiate is a consequence of the organism's specific structure.
		Maturana (1978b) is the key source for autopoietic theory's account of linguistic interaction.
	www.acm.org /sigois/auto/ATReview.html (1781 words)

	Humberto Maturana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After completing secondary school at the Liceo Manuel de Salas in 1947, Maturana enrolled at the University of Chile, studying first medicine then biology.
		In 1954, he obtained a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study anatomy and neurophysiology at University College London.
		Maturana's work has been developed and integrated into the work on Ontological Coaching done by Fernando Flores and Julio olalla.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humberto_Maturana (422 words)

	Book review of Humberto Maturana
		Maturana argues that the relation with the environment molds the "configuration" of a cognitive system.
		Maturana assumes that intelligent behavior originates in extremely simple processes: the living cell is nothing special, but many living cells one next to the other become a complex system thanks to autopoiesis.
		Maturana assumes that multi-cellular organisms are born when two or more autopoietic units engage in an interaction that takes place more often than any of the interactions of each unit with the rest of the environment (a "structural coupling").
	www.thymos.com /mind/maturana.html (605 words)

	spmc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Humberto Maturana is a biologist and philosopher who was born in Santiago, Chile.
		Maturana and Varela also co-authored a general text The tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding (1987) based on a biology course Maturana had been teaching.
		Although Humberto Maturana does not consider himself to be a constructivist, he is said to be one of the founders of radical constructivism, an epistemology based on empirical findings of neurobiology.
	technology.open.ac.uk /cts/spmc/2004-14may-humbert-maturana-biog.htm (405 words)

	Forum 2004 - Documents: Dialogue with Humberto Maturana and Ximena Dávila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Maturana and Dávila emphasised the image of the adult as being consciously responsible or subconsciously irresponsible in handing down emotions, actions and relationships.
		Maturana followed on from this discussing what makes something scientific, arguing, “What is scientific has more to do with the answers than the issues.
		Maturana and Dávila concluded the session saying, “We are loving creatures who are capable of living grudgingly, rejecting love and breeding aggression.
	www.barcelona2004.org /eng/banco_del_conocimiento/documentos/ficha.cfm?idDoc=596 (626 words)

	Conference 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Humberto R. Maturana is one of the key figures in systems and cybernetics over the last thirty years.
		Maturana is a neurobiologist and professor at the University of Chile.
		Maturana's systemic view of human experience leads to a change in the understanding of humanness.
	www.first-pages.com /ukss/events/past/conference2004/Maturana.html (410 words)

	TP: The second creation
		Humberto R. Maturana (* 1928) first studied medicine in Chile, then anatomy in England, was awarded a Ph.D. in biology at Harvard in 1958, and subsequently worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).
		According to Humberto R. Maturana, a circular, autopoietic form of organisation distinguishes living beings, from the amoeba to humans.
		Humberto R. Maturana is still active as a professor of biology who seeks to promote a theory of cognition in the context of the natural sciences.
	www.heise.de /tp/r4/artikel/18/18611/1.html (3374 words)

	The Map Is The Territory--A Systemic Trip Through The Lenses of Autopoiesis By Kris Hallbom
		Humberto Maturana, a neuro-biologist and professor, co-developed the Santiago Theory of Autopoiesis with his student and colleague, Fransisco Varela.
		Ruiz, Alfredo, The Contributions of Humberto Maturana to the Sciences of Complexity and Psychology, Santiago, Chile; The Institute for Cognitive Therapy Abstract, 1997.
		Maturana, Humberto and Varela, Fransisco, The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, Boston, MA, Shambhala Publication, Inc., 1987.
	www.nlpca.com /The_Map_Is_The_Territory.html (1275 words)

	Autopoiesis and Enaction: The Observer Web
		The Theories of Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
		The Encyclopaedia Autopoietica is a compendium of the terms and concepts used in autopoietic theory, with emphasis on the core literature of Maturana and Varela.
		Varela, Maturana and Uribe (1974) laid out a six-step procedure for judging whether a composite unity is autopoietic.
	www.enolagaia.com /AT.html (1931 words)

	INFOAMÉRICA - Humberto Maturana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Maturana describe una biofilosofía determinista que, a partir del concepto de 'autopoiesis', descubre sistemas de vida autorreferentes, dotados de autonomía para la supervivencia y la reproducción que actúa de forma distinta según las circunstancias ambientales, lo que le permite inferencias en el campo de los sistemas sociales, la educación, la comunicación (véase Niklas Luhmann, p.
		Para Maturana y su trazado sistémico, los seres vivos están sujetos a una dinámica estructural interna, que distingue a las especies y a los individuos, descrita por su autonomía o 'autopoiesis', pero también por la dinámica comunicativa o relacional que permite el consenso vital de las diferentes formas de vida.
		Maturana se acerca a los conceptos de lo que comúnmente se entiende por realidad virtual, construcciones que dejan de serlo en la medida que la dinámica del sistema nervioso las integra como nuevos elementos ambientales y relacionales.
	www.infoamerica.org /teoria/maturana1.htm (668 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		My assertion that living systems are molecular autopoietic systems is neither a definition nor an explanatory proposition, it is a claim about what constitutes living systems, a claim about how they arose, and a claim about how they operate in the pragmatics of their living.
		The second claim, namely, that an observer cannot see the organization of a system directly, is related to the first and to the fact that an observer cannot directly see the components of a system because these arise as such through their participation in the relations of composition of the system.
		Biologists have frequently ignored the notion of autopoiesis and the theory of cognition that it supports (Maturana 1970 and 1980), because it does not seem to be pragmatic enough.
	www.isss.org /maturana.htm (8548 words)

	Haven Learning Center - Transforming Education
		Humberto Maturana is at the forefront of a paradigm shift away from physics to a new biology as the central model for the sciences.
		She is making Dr. Maturana's ideas accessible to a wider group of people through videos, presentations and Learning Conversations.
		She is currently producing video interviews with Dr. Maturana on the Biology of Love and Education.
	www.learningconversations.com /haven/programs/opensecret.html (912 words)

	Feldenkrais In Motion: Humberto Maturana
		Humberto Maturana is an extraordinary Systems Thinker and Biologist interested, passionately, in explaining What It Is To Be Human: how human beings arise, and how we arose evolutionarily.
		Humberto has visited Australia on several occasions, presenting two and three-day seminars on his ideas.
		At the centre of his thinking is the understanding that we live not a single 'Reality' (a universe), but multiple realities (multiversa), founded in our preferences or desires, and that should people want to listen to what he has to say, then all he will ever do is to present an impeccable argument.
	www.feldenkraisinmotion.com.au /fim_humberto_maturana.htm (342 words)

	Humberto R. Maturana (*1928)
		Humberto R. Maturana, 1928 in Chile geboren, studierte Medizin an der Universität von Santiago de Chile, von 1954 bis 1956 Biologie an der Londoner Universität und promovierte 1958 in Biologie an der Harvard University, arbeitete dann bis 1960 am Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Maturana entwickelte in den 60er Jahren den neuen Begriff des Geistes: der Geist ist kein Ding, sondern ein Prozess - der eigentliche Prozess des Lebens.
		Nach Maturana können wir das menschliche Bewusstsein nur durch die Sprache sowie durch den gesamten sozialen Kontakt verstehen, in den diese eingebettet ist.
	home.tiscalinet.ch /biografien/biografien/maturana.htm (590 words)

	Humberto Maturana: “Democracy is an attempt at coexistence, it is based on mutual respect” · Forum 2004
		Maturana´s brief initial participation gave rise to the questions from the numerous people who participated in the gathering, which took place inside in Hall 117 in the Convention Center at the Forum Site.
		Humberto Maturana stated that “power is based on obedience, the person who obeys gives power to the person who orders.” He stated that “men and woman can be equally discriminating, gender doesn’t matter.
		Maturana used the example of the shrew, a very common animal in central Europe.
	www.barcelona2004.org /eng/actualidad/noticias/html/f042668.htm (491 words)

	Espíritu Emprendedor » Seminario de Humberto Maturana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		La semana pasada tuve la suerte de asisitir (previa rotura de chanchito!) a un seminario de Humberto Maturana y su equipo.
		Yo lo que creo es que Humberto Maturana se está cuestionando que para que las cosas funcionen sea necesario que alguien defina por si solo que es lo que hay que hacer y hacia donde debemos de ir.
		Maturana es la única persona a la cual no encuentro algún cuestionamiento respecto a sus teorías, por más que lo intente.
	www.juancarloslucas.com.ar /wordpress/?p=159 (4500 words)

	Objetividad; Humberto Maturana
		Para comenzar a profundizar en el pensamiento de Maturana, sobre la objetividad creemos necesario dar a conocer ideas que él asume como relevantes.
		En primer lugar, él establece que hay una fenomenología de la percepción que se basa en conocer el fenómeno de las cosas tal como son, libres de prejuicios, todo esto a través de lo biológico.
		Maturana destaca que en términos del conocimientos, explicación y experiencia son dos cosas distintas; pero que el ser humano comúnmente las usa juntas casi como lo mismo, por ser mas practico en la vida que lleva.
	html.rincondelvago.com /objetividad_humberto-maturana.html (671 words)

	Maturana & Varela
		This notion, introduced by Maturana and Varela, refers to autonomous systems that are self-creating, self-organizing and self-preserving.
		Maturana and Varela deny the conventional distinction between knowledge and action.
		Maturana and Varela introduced the notion of structual coupling as a essential component of identity.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~rxv/people/maturanavarela.htm (349 words)

	KLI Theory Lab - Authors - Humberto R. Maturana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Maturana, H.R. /Mpodozis, J./Letelier, J.C. Brain, Language and the Origin of Human Mental Functions.
		Maturana, H.R. Varela, F.J. Paolucci, R. The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding.
		Maturana, H.R. Varela, F.J. Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living.
	www.kli.ac.at /theorylab/AuthPage/M/MaturanaHR.html (113 words)

	El aporte de Humberto Maturana al entendimiento y la práctica de la educación - Monografias.com
		Nos seduce el pensamiento de Humberto Maturana en sus implicancias para la educación en general y la educación preescolar en particular.
		Maturana señala que en el origen de la humanidad, y en las tempranas culturas, no había educación como una actividad especial en la vida de los niños que crecían dentro de la comunidad.
		En la interpretación de Maturana, los seres humanos somos seres biológicamente amorosos como un rasgo de nuestra historia evolutiva.
	www.monografias.com /trabajos12/elapmatu/elapmatu.shtml (3443 words)

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