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Contents
foreword | 7 |
Knowing How We Know | 17 |
The Organization of Living Things | 34 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The tree of knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding New Science Library |
| Authors | Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela |
| Contributor | Francisco J. Varela |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Shambhala, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 28, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0877733732, 9780877733737 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › Cognition Learning Medical / Neuroscience Neuropsychology Physiological aspects Religion / Spirituality Science / General |
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