Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela’s Contribution to Media Ecology: Autopoiesis, The Santiago School of Cognition, and Enactive Cognitive Science
- Author
- R. Hallowell
- Year
- 2009
- Type
- other
- Category
- Bibliografía citada
This paper explains Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela's concept of autopoiesis, the theory that living systems are defined by their capacity to continuously produce and maintain themselves, and traces its influence on cognitive science through what has become known as the Santiago School of Cognition. It situates their work within media ecology and enactive cognitive science.
Ronan Hallowell's paper, presented through the Media Ecology Association, examines the contribution of Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela to media ecology through their concept of autopoiesis, a term Maturana coined around 1970 to describe the self-producing, self-maintaining organization that distinguishes living systems from non-living ones. The paper traces how Maturana and Varela built on this biological theory to develop a naturalistic, non-transcendental, and observer-dependent account of cognition, language, and consciousness, an approach that came to be called the Santiago School of Cognition (a term attributed to William Irwin Thompson). It situates this body of work within the broader field of enactive cognitive science.
Credits: Hallowell, R. (2009). Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela's Contribution to Media Ecology: Autopoiesis, The Santiago School of Cognition, and Enactive Cognitive Science. Media Ecology Assocation. Disponible en http://cepa.in.
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