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Put on your philosophical training wheels and give “Tree of Knowledge” a spin! Variation are the differences mqturana structure in that series. A unity entity, object is brought forth by an act of distinction.
Along the way, we put together the building blocks of an explanatory system capable of showing how the phenomena proper to living beings arise. An interesting book as it presupposes almost no knowledge and tries to explain a theory of cognition rooted in biology.
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Tree of Knowledge by Humberto R. It is highly accessible, requires no prior understanding of its subjects beyond basic high school biologyand will enable you, if you give yourself into it, to become someone new – or, rather, to be more aware of what you are, and what you are not.
This is because allowing others to share in it allows both us and them to retain knowledge and to retain their adaptation to the environment. Lists with This Book. For that, I’d definitely recommend it to anyone at all with more than a cursory interest in science, thought or society.
Mar 03, Nick rated it it was amazing Shelves: However, the hand is only withdrawn as a result of the neuronal system re-establishing equilibrium. Nov 05, Ricardo Roman rated it it was amazing. It can never be solved in the domain where it takes place if the disputants are ‘certain.
Apr 02, Mahipal Lunia rated it it was amazing.
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Structural dynamics allow observation, from which predictions can be made — those predictions can be limited by 1. That’s a minus in my book.
We began with the features of our experience common to our shared social life. Jun 04, Rodrigo rated it liked it. The environment does not instruct an organism; it only triggers internal dynamics. Where neurons meet neurons z other cells we find a synapse.
The overall result is that the ontogenetic transformation of a unity ceases only with its disintegration. See 1 question about Tree of Knowledge…. On the other side there is another trap: Undoubtedly, it is at least the conceptual cherry in the proverbial intellectual cake I’ve been cooking for at least the past two years as I reflected upon and studied about justice, political philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, as well as, most notably recently, systems theory, complexity and cognitive science.
A small change in structure may occur to accommodate one new feature of the environment, but through an internal domino effect, alter the way an organism interacts with other features.
May 17, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: Jul 15, James rated it did not like it. The main takeaway of this view, for myself, lies in short in its ability to present incredible insights into human cognition and behavior while making it clear how they are absolutely incompatible with traditional notions of ‘objectivity vs.
There are a few things I didn’t like about it, though. Our experience, however, is one of creative freedom; and in the way we see things, the behavior of higher animals seems unpredictable. Mar 03, Moana Avvenenti rated it liked it. His u This is the book that inspired me to give up fighting what I saw as mainstream unenlightened biological determinism in psychology, and enrol as a mature age student in psychology while a single parent of four.
I purposefully read this book three times in order to better comprehend as much as possible. Want to Read saving…. I highly recommend reading ToK before Autopoiesis and Cognition and possibly even foregoing Autopoiesis and Cognition altogether.
It read like various sources combined and I certainly do not recommend it. Copy creation from a mold is historical if iterated. It is not just that we are different because we learned different things. Amazing book on the building of complexity in biological beings.
This book came out of a series of lectures given by the writers as a contribution to a decision in by the Organization of Anerican States to research the many difficulties confronted in social communication and knowledge transfer.
On a lighter note, it’s funny to see orthodox scientist having their minds blown by stuff philosophers have been talking about since Hume, like the fact that conscience is not, by any means, a unified whole, but rather a “bundle of perceptions” made coherent by self-regulating mechanisms.
Hence, the only possibility for coexistence is to opt for a broader perspective, a domain of existence in which both parties fit in the bringing forth of a common world. It may seem obvious to look at me, carve a 2D surface over my skin, and call me a cknhecimento system, but give me a week without a consistent supply of low-entropy energy and I’ll quickly succumb to the second law of thermodynamics.
As regards its continuous interactions with the environment, the cell unity classifies them and sees them in accordance with its structure at every instant. Our minds, ideas, and life on Earth are explicit examples of such systems.
Sep 02, Piers Varley rated it really liked it. A mixture of dated scientific ideas, profound frameworks for thinking about living organisms, and unnecessarily complicated jargon, ToK is essentially the children’s menu version of Maturana and Varela’s Autopoiesis and Cognition papers on living organisms, communication, and consciousness. Unpacking all the ideas and thinking in this book would take a lifetime.
Other people who don’t have previous experience with biology and sociology might enjoy it, but still I would have liked to see more addressing of higher logical types in these sections. To ask other readers questions about Tree of Knowledgeplease sign up.
This is the book that inspired me to give up fighting what I saw as mainstream unenlightened biological determinism in psychology, arovre enrol as a mature age student in psychology while a single parent of four.