Humberto Maturana, 2013. Humberto Maturana (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher . He was one of the second-wave systems scientists and cyberneticians .[1] Maturana was born in Santiago, Chile .
Maturana, with Francisco Varela , was known for creating the term autopoiesis about the nature of life .[2] His work has been influential in many fields, mainly the field of systems thinking and cybernetics. Overall, his work is concerned with the biology of cognition .
Maturana died on May 6, 2021 in Santiago from pneumonia at the age of 92.[3]
Books, a selection:
1980. Autopoiesis and cognition: the realization of the living , with Francisco Varela. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
1984. The tree of knowledge: biological basis of human understanding , with Francisco Varela. Revised edition 1992.
1990. Biology of cognition and epistemology . Universidad de la Frontera. Temuco, Chile.
1992 Conversations with Humberto Maturana: questions to biologist psychotherapist , with K. Ludewig. Universidad de la Frontera. Temuco, Chile.
1994. Reflections and conversations , with Kurt Ludewig. Collection Family Institute. FUPALI Ed. Cordova.
1994. Democracy is a work of art . Collection Roundtable. Linotype Ed Bogota Bolivar y Cia.
1997 Objectivity: an argument to force . Santiago de Chile: Dolmen.
1997 Machines and living things: autopoiese to do organização vivo . With Francisco Varela Porto Alegre: Medical Arts.
2004. From being to doing: the origins of the biology of cognition , with Bernhard Poerksen.
2009. The Origins of humanness in the biology of love , with Gerda Verden-Zoller and Pille Brunnel.
2004. From biology to psychology .
2009. Sense of humanity .