TY - GEN AU - Maturana, Humberto R. AU - Varela, Francisco J. TI - Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living SN - 9789027771054 U1 - 501 PY - 1980/// CY - London PB - Springer, KW - Biology Philosophy KW - Cognitie KW - Cognition KW - Leven Life (Biology) KW - Man Cognition Biological aspects KW - Man Physiology Theories KW - Vie (Biologie) KW - cognition KW - biology N2 - by an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms ER -