Reconstructing Maturana – Metaphysics and method

Abstract

Considers some of the puzzles and inconsistencies associated with Maturana’s metaphysics. We argue that such puzzles and inconsistencies largely arise out of difficulties of method and that the clue to their resolution is to be found in Aristotle’s solution to the same problem. Maturana’s claims are reconstructed in this light and in a way which does not materially affect their underlying theoretical grounds, i.e. autopoiesis theory, and dissolves the puzzles and inconsistencies referred to.

Citation

Dougall, C. (2000), "Reconstructing Maturana – Metaphysics and method", Kybernetes, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 491-498. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920010322235