Educing the Social from the Biology of Cognition

Gash, Hugh

Volume 18 · Number 1 · Pages 140–141

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Educing the Social from the Biology of Cognition

Hugh Gash

Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “In Maturana’s Wake: The Biology of Cognition’s Legacy and its Prospects” by Randall Whitaker. Abstract: Following Whitaker’s target article I have sought to understand, apply and extend Humberto Maturana’s biology of cognition (BoC. My approach has been to use a few key concepts pertinent to interpersonal ethical issues and so I avoided being enmeshed in BoC. This commentary is presented as an extension or application of BoC going beyond the details considered in the target article.

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Gash H. (2022) Educing the social from the biology of cognition. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 140–141. https://constructivist.info/18/1/140

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