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thinker:francisco-varelaFrancisco Varela
Co-originator of autopoiesis concept and enactivist approaches to cognition and embodied mind.
autopoiesis
cognitive science
enactivism
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Studies
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Authored papers (2)
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Studies (1)
Co-authors (12)
- Susumu Inui3 shared
- Evan Thompson2 shared
- Andreas Döring1 shared
- Chris Isham1 shared
- David J. Kalupahana1 shared
- Dōgen1 shared
- Douglas Hofstadter1 shared
- Eleanor Rosch1 shared
- Fritjof Capra1 shared
- Graham Priest1 shared
- Gregory Bateson1 shared
- Jay L. Garfield1 shared
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Other inbound relations (9)
- associated_withAutopoiesis(framework)
- associated_withEnactivism(framework)
- associated_withNeurophenomenology(framework)
- citesBiology, Buddhism, and AI: Care as the Driver of Intelligence(paper)
- citescimcWhitepaper(paper)
- mentionsA Mathematical Elucidation of Buddhist Enlightenment(paper)
- mentionsChapter 1: Our Present Picture Of The Universe(chapter)
- mentionsContemplative Artificial Intelligence (Laukkonen et al., 2025)(concept)
- mentionsOpen questions about time and self-reference in living systems(paper)
Recent mentions (12)
- papers-typedinui-2026-mathematical-elucidation.md
- papers-typedabramsky-2026-open-questions.md
- machine-consciousnesscimcWhitepaper.md
- papers-typedlaukkonen-2025-contemplative-agent.md
- papersbattery.md
- alexander
01-our-present-picture-of-the-universe.md - papers-typedfriston_2013_life_as_we_know_it.md
- papers-typedentropy-24-00710-v3.md
- papers-typed1-s2.0-S0303264723001399-main.md
- papers-typedbongard-2021-living.md
- papers-typedlyon-2005-biogenic.md
- synthesis-sources-typed1-s2.0-S0303264723001399-main.md