Editorial
Maturana Across the Disciplines Pille Bunnell and Alexander Riegler
explanations changing the question
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explanations changing the question
(objectivity) being and doing Reality and multiverse
premises ontology & empistemology natural laws mathematics time
closed nervous system
autopoiesis behavior & adaptation constitutive domains ontogeny
consensuality
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languaging
culture
coordination of coordinations generation of “objects” naming & distinctions observer & observing reflection self consciousness
conversation lineages of language lineages of emotioning matriztic & patriarchal cultural inertia
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structural coupling environment, niche
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historical explanations
evolution
human origins
plasticity & selection biosphere natural drift
neoteny, intimacy, pleasure conservation by children expansion as lineage rise of patriarchy
intimacy
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concerns
emotioning discrimination & preference love, trust, fear, anger mien & consequence
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systems
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structural coupling environment, niche
historical explanations
evolution
human origins
plasticity & selection biosphere natural drift
neoteny, intimacy, pleasure conservation by children expansion as lineage rise of patriarchy
intimacy
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concerns
process & result
systemic dynamics
circularity recursion
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spontaneous constitution conservation and change structural intersection contextual inertia dynamic temporal architecture
relational domains
1 emotioning
responsibility autonomy, freedom ethical behaviour soul, spirituality mystery, beauty sustainability wisdom
simple, complex unities boundary structure, organization structural determinism
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cognition knowing, understanding expansion of relational domains linear and systemic rationality learning, intelligence
epigenesis
domains
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spontaneous constitution conservation and change structural intersection contextual inertia dynamic temporal architecture
relational domains
responsibility autonomy, freedom ethical behaviour soul, spirituality mystery, beauty sustainability wisdom
consensuality
languaging
systemic dynamics
circularity recursion
5
autopoiesis behavior & adaptation constitutive domains ontogeny
coordination of coordinations generation of “objects” naming & distinctions observer & observing reflection self consciousness
conversation lineages of language lineages of emotioning matriztic & patriarchal cultural inertia
relativistc perception sensorimotor coordination
living systems
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culture
4
mistake, illusion & experience
closed nervous system
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8
cognition knowing, understanding expansion of relational domains linear and systemic rationality learning, intelligence
epigenesis
domains
ontology & empistemology natural laws mathematics time
relativistc perception sensorimotor coordination
living systems
being and doing Reality and multiverse
premises
mistake, illusion & experience
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(objectivity)
6
discrimination & preference love, trust, fear, anger mien & consequence
systems
process & result
simple, complex unities boundary structure, organization structural determinism
Figure 4: Two different paths through some parts of the matrix presented in Figure 3. The one on the left has been found appropriate for environmental managers and the one on the right for elementary school educators. Although the arrows indicate an apparently linear progression, in practice some notions in each cluster are not fully developed until another cluster has been introduced, and there is a lot of cross referencing as one progresses such that the interconnected nature of this matrix emerges. Thus the map is only useful as an outline if the matrix as a whole is already well understood. biological and cultural matrix of human existence
explanations changing the question
(objectivity) being and doing Reality and multiverse
theory of autopoiesis
premises ontology & empistemology natural laws mathematics time
mistake, illusion & experience
closed nervous system relativistc perception sensorimotor coordination
biology of cognition
living systems autopoiesis behavior & adaptation constitutive domains ontogeny
consensuality
languaging
culture
coordination of coordinations generation of “objects” naming & distinctions observer & observing reflection self consciousness
conversation lineages of language lineages of emotioning matriztic & patriarchal cultural inertia
domains
cognition knowing, understanding expansion of relational domains linear and systemic rationality learning, intelligence
epigenesis
structural coupling environment, niche historical explanations
evolution
human origins
plasticity & selection biosphere natural drift
neoteny, intimacy, pleasure conservation by children expansion as lineage rise of patriarchy
concerns responsibility autonomy, freedom ethical behaviour soul, spirituality mystery, beauty sustainability wisdom
intimacy
circularity recursion
spontaneous constitution conservation and change structural intersection contextual inertia dynamic temporal architecture
relational domains
emotioning discrimination & preference love, trust, fear, anger mien & consequence
biology of love
291
systemic dynamics
systems
process & result
simple, complex unities boundary structure, organization structural determinism
Figure 5: Examples of some different partial perspectives taken in regarding Maturana’s systemic matrix of ideas. The connecting lines are neither random nor complete; each indicates a relevant connection between at least some of the ideas in a cluster. Although some aspects of the matrix are more apparent and treated as more relevant in each perspective, this does not imply that other clusters are necessarily invisible. The perspective of the biological and cultural matrix does not imply an external view; rather it indicates a comprehensive perspective. The notion of the “observer’s eye” is borrowed from Maturana.
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