Maturana's Ontology of the Observer and Cultural Biology: Understanding the Organization of Living

Ochoa-Aria, Alejandro, Jerardino-Wiesenbor, Bruno and Paucar-Caceres, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-561X (2022) Maturana's Ontology of the Observer and Cultural Biology: Understanding the Organization of Living. Constructivist Foundations, 18 (1). pp. 23-25. ISSN 1782-348X

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Abstract

We focus on: (a) the implications of the ontology of the observer and the role of language as a type of structural coupling that opens up the idea of cultural biology as the final statement upon which Maturana relies to account for the dynamic of the human being as a living (cognitive) system; (b) the identification of some insights through the concept of structural coupling; and (c) the possibility of extending Maturana's ideas to other fields of knowledge, as suggested by Capra.