Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding

ISBN-13: 9780877736424 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 272 str.

Humberto R. Maturana; Francisco J. Varela

Opis

With the help of illustrations and examples from biology, linguistics and social and cultural phenomena, this book shows that the process of learning is not a means of knowing an absolute world of facts, but is rather an active process which itself creates the world of human experiences. To convey this, the authors examine cognition in all its facets, exploring topics such as the nature of scientific exploration, the organization of living things, evolution, language and the emergence of self-awareness.