📚 node [[santiago theory]]
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#push [[santiago theory]]
- [[humberto maturana]]
- [[francisco varela]]
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a new conception of the nature of [[mind]] and [[consciousness]] is an implication of the [[systemic understanding of life]]
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it goes beyond the [[cartesian division]].
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[[rené descartes]] based his thought on a fundamental division between [[res cogitans]] (the thinking mind) and [[res extensa]] (matter, the extensive thing)
- [[mind]] as an intangible entity poses the question of how it interacts with matter
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[[rené descartes]] based his thought on a fundamental division between [[res cogitans]] (the thinking mind) and [[res extensa]] (matter, the extensive thing)
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mind and consciousness are not [[things]], they are [[processes]]
- [[gregory bateson]] [[mental process]]
- independently [[humberto maturana]] had similar ideas w.r.t. [[cognition]]
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[[francisco varela]] worked with him and developed his insights into a theory known as [[santiago theory of cognition]]
- [[cognitive science]] is a [[transdisciplinary approach]]
- the process of knowing and the process of life are one and the same
- [[cognition]] is the activity involved in the self generation and self perpetuation of [[living networks]]
- the self organizing activity of a living system at all levels is [[mental activity]]
- the interactions of a living organism with its environment are [[cognitive interactions]]
- life and cognition are inseparably connected at all levels of life
- cognitive activity is [[immanent]] in life
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[[cognition]] does not require a [[brain]]/nervous system
- plants, bacteria which don't have nervous systems are all constantly involved in [[cognitive activities]] (as they perceive, react)
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it goes beyond the [[cartesian division]].
📖 stoas
- public document at doc.anagora.org/santiago-theory
- video call at meet.jit.si/santiago-theory
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