Knowing how we know" is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Written for a general audience as well as for students, scholars, and scientists and abundantly illustrated with examples from biology, linguistics, and new social and cultural phenomena, this revised edition includes a new afterword by Dr. Varela, in which he discusses the effect the book has had in the years since its first publication.
At the beginning of the last century, physicists revolutionised the scientific view of the world. Today biologists are radically transforming our understanding of the processes of life and cognition. Probing the mysteries of the mind, they have been able to prove that, in the act of knowing, the observer and the observed, subject and object, are inextricably enmeshed. The world we live in is not independent from us; we literally bring it forth ourselves. One of the protagonists of this new kind of thinking is the internationally renowned neurobiologist and systems theorist Humberto R. Maturana who was interviewed for several weeks by Bernhard Poerksen, journalist, and communication scientist. In this book, they explore the limits of our cognitive powers, discuss the truth in perception, the biology of love, and give, all in all, an introduction to systemic thinking that is down to earth, imaginative, and rich in anecdote.
At the beginning of the last century, physicists revolutionised the scientific view of the world. Today biologists are radically transforming our understanding of the processes of life and cognition. Probing the mysteries of the mind, they have been able to prove that, in the act of knowing, the observer and the observed, subject and object, are inextricably enmeshed. The world we live in is not independent from us; we literally bring it forth ourselves. One of the protagonists of this new kind of thinking is the internationally renowned neurobiologist and systems theorist Humberto R. Maturana who was interviewed for several weeks by Bernhard Poerksen, journalist, and communication scientist. In this book, they explore the limits of our cognitive powers, discuss the truth in perception, the biology of love, and give, all in all, an introduction to systemic thinking that is down to earth, imaginative, and rich in anecdote.
Knowing how we know" is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Written for a general audience as well as for students, scholars, and scientists and abundantly illustrated with examples from biology, linguistics, and new social and cultural phenomena, this revised edition includes a new afterword by Dr. Varela, in which he discusses the effect the book has had in the years since its first publication.
Die alltägliche Erfahrung lehrt, dass wir im Moment des Erlebens nicht wissen, ob wir uns täuschen oder einer Illusion erliegen. Täuschungen und Illusionen sind keine Fehlleistungen unserer Wahrnehmungsfähigkeiten. Aufgrund unserer kulturellen und biologischen Natur sind wir nicht in der Lage, etwas von unserem Verhalten und Beobachten Unabhängiges auszusagen. Je mehr wir uns dessen bewusst sind, desto stärker wird die Verantwortlichkeit für unsere Welt(en). Entscheidend ist, dass wir die Welt jeweils im Lebensvollzug hervorbringen - und zwar nicht nur in einem philosophischen, mystischen oder politischen Sinne, sondern vor allem in einem biologischen. Die Sorge um den ökologischen Wandel ist heute sehr präsent. Wir sind es, die den Lauf der Dinge ändern können, wenn wir das wirklich wollen. Die Natur, den Kosmos, kümmert es nicht. 00.
“Desde que conozco a Humberto Maturana, hace casi medio siglo, siempre inicia sus conferencias — sin importar si tiene delante de sí a fi lósofos, físicos, terapeutas familiares, gerentes u otros — con las mismas palabras: “Siempre que hablo, hablo como biólogo”. En estos fascinantes diálogos con el sensible e inteligente Bernhard Pörksen se mantiene fi el a esta tradición. El resultado es una amplia panorámica que abarca desde los intrincados problemas de la fi losofía y lógica, hasta las cuestiones éticas fundamentales de la vida diaria. Las conversaciones están focalizadas en un punto central que es el punto de vista de la vida misma. Donde quiera que abra este libro, sumamente logrado, al momento de cerrarlo se sentirá enriquecido y estimulado”. Heinz von Foerster, Científico cibernético y constructivista, Profesor honoris causa de la Universidad de Viena, Profesor emérito de la Universidad de Illinois.
En este libro, escrito originalmente en 1990, Humberto Maturana Romesín señala que la existencia humana, como la existencia de cualquier organismo, ocurre en el espacio relacional como un modo de vivir y convivir que se conserva de generación en generación de manera biológico/cultural. Esto quiere decir, en nuestro caso, que, aunque desde el punto de vista biológico nuestra identidad animal es Homo sapiens, en nuestra existencia humana nuestra identidad es relacional y ocurre en el espacio que surge con otros en nuestro convivir en el lenguajear, y existimos como serres que generan los mundos que viven como espacios culturales o redes de conversaciones en el entrelazamiento de coordinaciones de haceres y emociones. Una cultura, dice Humberto Maturana Romesín, es una red cerrada de conversaciones que constituye un modo de convivir definido en cada caso como una configuración particular de entrelazamiento del lenguajear y el emocionear. Es desde aquí que el cambio cultural -para él- ocur ...
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