Del ser al Hacer. LOS ORIGENES DE LA BIOLOGIA DEL CONOCER

Author: H. Maturana, B. Pörksen
Year: 2004

In this book-length conversation, Humberto Maturana and Bernhard Pörksen trace the biological roots of knowledge, arguing that observation and language are central to how people construct reality, and explore what this means for ethics and dialogue between people.

Del ser al hacer: los orígenes de la biología del conocer is a book-length conversation between Humberto Maturana and Bernhard Pörksen that moves from questions of philosophy and logic to everyday ethical concerns, always returning to Maturana's central idea that living itself is the ground of knowing. It traces the relational and operational fabric of human life and reflects on the different worlds people generate for themselves, arguing that observation and language are central to how knowledge is built and that reality, as we describe it, is inseparable from the observer who perceives it. The book also considers what this view implies for ethics and for mutual respect in dialogue between people. Credits: Maturana, H., & Pörksen, B. (2004). Del ser al Hacer. LOS ORIGENES DE LA BIOLOGIA DEL CONOCER. (C. N. LTDA., Ed.) (J. C. Sáez). Santiago.

In the framework

Autopoiesis · concept
Heteropoiesis · concept
Organizational (Operational) Closure · concept
Internal Observer · concept

In the book

Chapter 1, section 004 · The Heart of the Matter: Emotion, Choice, and Why We Design
Chapter 1, section 005 · Breaking Free: The Hard Work of Questioning Dogma
Chapter 1, section 011 · Beyond Techniques: A Shift in What We Value
Chapter 3, section 021 · Whose Design Is It Anyway? Finding Strength in the Local Perspective
Chapter 5, section 047 · The Biological Turn: Towards Autopoiesis
Chapter 6, section 048 · Design as an Autopoietic System
Chapter 6, section 049 · Autopoiesis and Allopoiesis Revisited: Distinguishing Self-Production from Other-Production
Chapter 6, section 056 · Organizational Closure: Defining and Maintaining Internal Logic
Chapter 6, section 060 · Heteropoiesis: The Domain of Intentional Human Design and Its Link to Systemic Autopoiesis
Chapter 6, section 065 · Design’s Core
Chapter 6, section 069 · Simple and Composite Units
Chapter 6, section 071 · The Role of Variables and Guiding Questions within Components
Chapter 8, section 086 · A Journey Through Inquiry, Observation, and Dialogue
Chapter 8, section 087 · Design as an Epistemological Object
Chapter 8, section 090 · The Turn to Biology: Discovering Autopoiesis
Chapter 8, section 091 · The Doctoral Deep Dive: Key Findings on Design's Autopoietic Nature
Chapter 10, section 100 · Human Component | Referential (Who?)
Chapter 12, section 118 · Cybernetics (Based on what?)
Chapter 14, section 136 · Collective (With whom?)
Chapter 15, section 145 · Building Blocks (With What?)
Chapter 17, section 174 · The Framework in Summation: A Recapitulation of the Symbiotic Architecture

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