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#explanation
Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana
Trascendental ontologies = first path
[...] the observer assumes that existence takes place independently of what he does, that objects have independent and separate existence, and that these can be known directly through processes of perceiving and reasoning. The criteria for acceptability of the truth of…
Maturana vs varela about symbolic/semantic explanation
By sticking to structural descriptions Maturana aims to empty out all other types of symbolic explanations. The starkness of Maturana's position is ameliorated by Varela (1981) who, while agreeing with Maturana that notions of purpose, information or code cannot play any…
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Befuddled adults, befuddled children
Instead of giving our children clear and explicit explanations of the game-rules of the community, we befuddle them hopelessly because we—as adults—were once so befuddled, and, remaining so, do not understand the game we are playing. A double-bind game is a game with…
The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian)
Explaining versus explaining away
My inattentive acquaintance had failed to spot the difference between explaining something and explaining it away. The TV programme had done the latter: it had shown that what appears to be spontaneous human combustion is no such thing. There are those among both supporters and…