por Gustavo Gitti 9 October 2004 Sem comentários

O Maturana realmente é uma figura… Olha só o modo com que ele explica seus conceitos de “domínio de interações”, “domínio de relações”, “nicho” e “ambiente”:

“The set of all interactions into which an entity can enter is its domain of interactions. The set of all the relations (interactions through the observer) in which an entity can be observed is its domain of relations. (This latter domain lies in the cognitive domain of the observer.) An entity is an entity if it has a domain of interactions; and if it has a domain of interactions, it has a domian of relations. The observer can define an entity by specifying its domain of interactions; thus, part of an entity, a group of entities, or their relations can be made units of interactions (entities) by the observer.” [1, 2]

“Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an environment. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independantly of the part of the environment with which they interact, the niche; nor can the niche be defined independently of the living system that occupies it.” [2]

“The niche is defined by the classes of interactions into which an organism can enter. The environment is defined by the classes of interactions into which the observer can enter and which he treats as a context for his interactions with the observed organism. [1]“

Sobre a comunicação, ele diz:

“the expansion of the cognitive domain into domains of pure relations by virtue of a nervous system sllows for nonphysical interactions (representations) between organisms that orient each other toward other interactions. Herein lies the origin of communication.[2]“

Fontes:

1. Maturana, H.R. Biology of cognition. Biological Computer Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1970.

2. Maturana, H.R. “Neurophysiology of Cognition.” Gavin P. (Ed.) Cognition: A Multiple View, New York: Spartan Press, 1970, pp. 3-23.

Extraído de: Maturana’s Disciplinary Matrix