Humberto Maturana

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1. When was Humberto Maturana born?September 14, 1928
2. Where was Humberto Maturana born?Santiago, Chile
3. What is Humberto Maturana known for?Co-development of autopoiesis and the biology of cognition
4. What is the key concepts?Autopoiesis, structural coupling, structural determinism, biology of cognition
5. What is the career?Renowned biologist and philosopher, associated with second-order cybernetics
6. Who was Humberto Maturana?Humberto Maturana was a Chilean biologist and philosopher who studied how living things keep themselves alive and organized.

Autopoiesis: The self-producing and self-maintaining organizational closure characteristic of living systems.
Biology of Cognition: The study of the biological basis of cognitive processes, viewing cognition as an inherent biological phenomenon.
Structural Coupling: The dynamic, reciprocal adaptation between a living system and its environment over evolutionary time.
Structural Determinism: The principle that a system's current structure, shaped by its history, dictates its responses to perturbations.