A ontologia da realidade

by Humberto Maturana (Editor), Miriam Graciano (Editor), Nelson Vaz (Editor)

Os artigos que compõem esta coletânea apresentam os fundamentos epistemológicos da obra de Humberto Maturana e alguns desdobramentos de seu mecanismo explicativo, explorando temas como a linguagem, a cognição, os fenômenos sociais, a mente e a autoconsciência. Esta é, portanto, uma obra capital para a compreensão das raízes da matriz biológico-cultural do habitar e do existir humano, desenvolvida hoje no âmbito do Instituto Matriztica, no qual Humberto Maturana é professor e cofundador.

414 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Humberto Augusto Gastón Maturana Romesín, known simply as Humberto Maturana, was a Chilean biologist, philosopher and writer, winner of the National Science Prize of Chile in 1994.

Maturana's research interests concern concepts like cognition, autopoiesis, languaging, zero time cybernetics and structurally determined systems. Maturana's work extends to philosophy, cognitive science and even family therapy. He was inspired by the work of the biologist Jakob von Uexküll.

Maturana and his student Francisco Varela were the first to define and employ the concept of "autopoiesis", which was Maturana's original idea. Aside from making important contributions to the field of evolution, Maturana is associated with an epistemology built upon empirical findings in neurobiology.