Francisco J. Varela (1946–2001)
Author of The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding
About the Author
Francisco J. Varela is Director of Research at the French National Research Council and head of the Laboratory of Cognitive Psychophysiology at the Hospital of the Salpetriere, Paris.
Image credit: Photo courtesy Joan Halifax / Flickr.
Works by Francisco J. Varela
Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind (1992) — Auteur — 143 copies
The View from Within: First-Person Approaches to the Study of Consciousness (1999) — Contributor, some editions; Editor — 53 copies
Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science (2000) — Editor — 31 copies
Principles of Biological Autonomy (The North Holland series in general systems research ; 2) (1979) 21 copies
Toward a Practice of Autonomous Systems: Proceedings of the First European Conference on Artificial Life (1992) 11 copies
Understanding Origins: Contemporary Views on the Origins of Life, Mind and Society (Boston Studies in the Philosophy… (1992) 3 copies
What is life? 1 copy
De máquinas y seres vivos 1 copy
Associated Works
Religion in Mind: Cognitive Perspectives on Religious Belief, Ritual, and Experience (2001) — Contributor — 12 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1946-09-07
- Date of death
- 2001-05-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Chile
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Chile
- Place of death
- Paris, France
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