The tree of knowledge

The tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding

by Maturana, Humberto

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This text explores 'knowing how we know'. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications. They assert that the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The tree of knowledge : the biological roots of human understanding / Humberto R. Maturana & Francisco J. Varela ; translated by Robert Paolucci ; foreword by J.Z. Young.

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This text explores 'knowing how we know'. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications. They assert that the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1992.
  • Edition:Rev. ed

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Notes

Translation of: El arbol del conocimiento.

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  • Description:1 online resource (1 audio file)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780877736424, 0877736421
  • oclc:ocn951819037

Table of Contents

1. Knowing how we know -- 2. The organization of living things -- 3. History: reproduction and heredity -- 4. The life of metacellulars -- 5. The natural drift of living beings -- 6. Behavioral domains -- 7. The nervous system and cognition -- 8. Social phenomena -- 9. Linguistic domains and human consciousness -- 10. The Tree of Knowledge -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Sources of illustrations -- Index.

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Subjects

Apprentissage -- Aspect physiologique Cognitie Cognition -- Aspect physiologique Cognition -- Physiological aspects Learning -- Physiological aspects Mental Processes -- physiology Neurobiologie Neuropsychologie Neuropsychology Psychologie sociale Psychology, Social social psychology

Writers

Maturana, Humberto Varela, Francisco J.

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