The eukaryotic cell, for example, is made of various biochemical components such as nucleic acids and proteins, and is organized into bounded structures such as the cell nucleus, various. Humberto maturana and francisco varelas contribution to media ecology. Although maturana s name is most closely associated with the theory of autopoiesis selfproducing systems, work that he carried out with his student and close collaborator francisco varela, his work is more general than the ideas of autopoiesis. Autopoiesis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Neurofisiology of cognition, humberto maturana, 1970 slideshare.
Also, maturana s and varelas reference to ultrastability does not necessary make the autopoietic system an ultrastable one, especially because the expression is not referred to autopoiesis itself but it is used in describing the nervous system rather than the organism as such maturana, 19701980, p. It is made up of four papers, each of which can be read in its own right. Pdf autopoiesis, structural coupling and cognition. For these and other reasons, the corpus is as complex as it is daunting in its scale. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and. The term was introduced in 1972 by chilean biologists humberto maturana and francisco varela to define the selfmaintaining chemistry of living cells. This is a bold, brilliant, provocative and puzzling work. Biologia university of chile casilla 653 santiago chile. The different entry points1 lead to different emphases. Maturana was also part of a research team which investigated the frogs. Humberto maturana and pille bunnell october, 1997 1. The medium is what the system both exists in and interacts.
Niklas luhmann is built is the concept of autopoiesis, originally developed by the two chilean biologists humberto maturana and francisco varela. The chiltan neurobiologist, humberto maturana, is one of many. Many consider him a member of a group of secondorder cybernetics. Autopoiesis definition is the property of a living system such as a bacterial cell or a multicellular organism that allows it to maintain and renew itself by regulating its composition and conserving its boundaries. And it seems that it is in this mood that they talk about what they call the kantian concep tion of autopoiesis accepting the notion of the operation of some intrinsically active purposive regenerative principle in nature, a. Professor humberto maturana, with his colleague francisco varela, have. His 1969 paper neurophysiology of cognition maturana, 1970 first presented these ideas in english. During the 1970s maturana, often in conjunction with his student francisco varela, published a series of papers in which this framework was progressively refined. Autopoiesis, a term invented by maturana and varela 1980 and elaborated by other authors fleischaker, 1988 refers to the living nature of material systems. Lloyd fells informal australian website inspired by the thinking of maturana and varela and all those whose science enriches our quality of life.
Focus heilpadagogik, ernst reinhardt, munchenbasel 1996. The consequences of autopoiesis and enaction thematically parallel the foci of other current. Abstract this work attempts to present the most important contributions of humberto r. Leyland in recent years the work of humberto maturana, a research biologist and neurophysiologist from the university of santiago, chile, has come to the forefront of dialogue between several wellknown family therapists. Since 1997, students and others have been visiting this site to get information about autopoiesis and. Autopoiesis was originally presented as a system description that was said to define and explain the nature of living systems. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Professor humberto maturana, with his colleague francisco varela, have undertaken the construction of a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living. Furthermore, in the moment a system begins to be conserved, it appears as an entity separate from a medium which arises with it.
Chapter 1 neurophysiology of cognition humberto maturana university of chile, santiago. Such a simple view of the meaning and implications of evolu tionary theory need not be accepted. What i would like to do in this new preface over twenty years after the book was written is describe and comment on how certain ideas, notions, and concepts arising in the course of my own life are reflected in this book. Reflections by humberto maturana for rsd5, toronto, october 2016 reflections on design.
The contribution of humberto maturana to the sciences of complexity. Uribe, is particularly known for creating the term autopoiesis about the selfgenerating. It is deeply philosophical in its implications, but has a strong biological grounding. Humberto maturana born september 14, 1928 is a chilean biologist turned philosopher. Humberto maturana wrote the introduction and the essay biology of cognition 1970. Journal of family therapy 1988 10 wiley online library. My intent in this essay is to reflect on the history of some biological notions such as autopoiesis, structural coupling, and cognition, that i have developed since the early 1960s as a result of my work on visual perception and the organization of. It is a hybridized expression taking into account theoretical drift 64 and adaptation experienced by humberto maturana and francisco varelas 1980 41 publication autopoiesis and cognition.
Autopoiesis and cognition the realization of the living. A history of these and other notions in the biology of cognition, author humberto maturana romes\in, journalcybernetics and human knowing, year2002. It demands a radical shift in standpoint, an almost paradoxical posture in which living systems are described in terms of what lies outside the domain of descriptions. Varela originally labeled the biology of cognition. Humberto mariotti is a pychiatrist and psychotherapist. The original work was clearly in the domain of biology. Key theories of humberto maturana by nasrullah mambrol on february 24, 2018 0 humberto maturana b. This paper introduces the reader to some of his original ideas and shows its. By humberto maturana romesin and gerda verdenzoller, opp, g peterander. Luhmann y maturana article pdf available in sociologias january 2003 with 322 reads. And i also wish to say that all the reflections that i. Biology of cognition, in autopoiesis and cognition, by maturana and varela, edited by d.