Francisco J. Varela
Francisco J. Varela, Ph.D., was Fondation de France Professor of Cognitive Science and Epistemology at the École Polytechnique and the Institute of Neuroscience of Paris. He is also the author of Principles of Biological Autonomy.
Titles by Francisco J. Varela
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan / Philosophy / Psychology / Science
Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 288 pages / 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-57062-893-1 / October 2001
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What is the essence of the mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a historic meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists...
The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, Revised Edition
Psychology / Science
Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 272 pages / 6 5/8 x 9
ISBN 978-0-87773-642-4 / April 1992
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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...
