The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, Revised Edition (978-0-87773-642-4)

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The Tree of Knowledge

The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, Revised Edition

Translated by Robert Paolucci

Foreword by J. Z. Young

By Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela

Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 272 pages / 6 5/8 x 9

ISBN 978-0-87773-642-4 / April 1992

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Table of Contents for The Tree of Knowledge

Foreword 9
Preface 11

1. Knowing How We Know 17
2. The Organization of Living Things 33
3. History: Reproduction and Heredity 55
4. The Life of Metacellulars 73
5. The Natural Drift of Living Beings 93
6. Behavioral Domains 121
7. The Nervous System and Cognition 141
8. Social Phenomena 179
9. Linguistic Domains and Human Consciousness 205
10. The Tree of Knowledge 239

Afterword 251
Glossary 257
Sources of Illustrations 261
Index 265

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