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The tree of knowledge:

the biological roots of human understanding
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Shambhala, 1987 - Medical - 263 pages

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One of those rare books that are a lil hard to read but ones that change ones outlook to life Read full review

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an excellent description of "Constructionism" and how we exist and understand each other through language. Language is connotation and not denotation of the objects we create through our reality ... Read full review

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Contents

foreword
7
Knowing How We Know
17
The Organization of Living Things
34
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The tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding
Humberto R. Maturana,Francisco J. Varela
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TitleThe tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding
New Science Library
AuthorsHumberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela
ContributorFrancisco J. Varela
Editionillustrated
PublisherShambhala, 1987
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Jan 2010
ISBN0877733732, 9780877733737
Length263 pages
Subjects › 

Cognition
Learning
Medical / Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Physiological aspects
Religion / Spirituality
Science / General
  
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