Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an ambience. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independently of that part of the ambience with which they interact: the niche; nor can the niche be defined independently of the living system that specifies it.


p. 9. - Biology of Cognition (1970)

Humberto Maturana Quotes

Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an ambience. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independently...

Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an ambience. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independently...

Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an ambience. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independently...

Living systems are units of interactions; they exist in an ambience. From a purely biological point of view they cannot be understood independently...