- Hardcover: 215 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc; illustrated edition edition (29 Oct 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0877733732
- ISBN-13: 978-0877733737
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,918,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Knowing how we know" 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.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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The wrtiers are scientists who have spent two decades researching the nature and processes of knowledge. Their findings contrast sharply with many scientific reports: here they recover the wholness of knowledge and the connections between the knower and the known. They show the deep potential for relationship that is built into the knowledge process and affirm what they can only describe as love as the root of nature's capacity for knowing. This is demonstrated not only with respect to human cognition, but also with reference to the animal kingdom.
This is therefore a challenging and profoundly researched essay, yet it is also highly readable for the interested lay person.
This is therefore a challenging and profoundly researched essay, yet it is also highly readable for the interested lay person.
Prof. Angus Jenkinson
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Surely the book is asking for extreme levels of attention and a slow intake of the subject that is presented to you since it's very likely that you are not used to the perspective the authors apply here. However, the journey is well worth is. It will enable you to understand society less from a ego perspective and more in a systemic sense. The foundations laid out here can be applied to so many common problems in life and
form an extremely important aspect in understanding human mankind itself in a completely different and profound way.
form an extremely important aspect in understanding human mankind itself in a completely different and profound way.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Fantastic understanding of human nature. Some of the concepts that they bring are a breakthrough:
- structural couplling
- operational closure
- communication as coordiantion of behaviors
- structural couplling
- operational closure
- communication as coordiantion of behaviors
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