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The Tree of Knowledge : the Biological Roots of Human Understanding by Varela, Francisco J.; Maturana, Humberto R is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>&quot;Knowing how we know&quot; is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Written for a general audience as well as for students, scholars, and scientists and abundantly illustrated with examples from biology, linguistics, and new social and cultural phenomena, this revised edition includes a new afterword by Dr. Varela, in which he discusses the effect the book has had in the years since its first publication.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>This book was originally a series of lectures by the Chilean coauthors, sponsored by the Organization for American States. It applies science, especially what is known of neural systems, to philosophical questions about human perception and understanding. The arguments are built up methodically, beginning with the origin of life and continuing through the the development of language in humans. The main virtues of the book are its logical approach and its use of examples. However, the style is in many places unnecessarily abstruse. The b

Who reads The Tree of Knowledge : the Biological Roots of Human Understanding?

Author

Varela, Francisco J.; Maturana, Humberto R

Publisher

Shambhala ; Distributed in the U.S. by Random House

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780877736424

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Science

Rating

4.22 / 5 (722 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13