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The notion of mechanistic explanation is given a very specific meaning by Maturana. Does it influence research in human sciences ? In this article an attempt is made to answer this question.
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F.G. Varela, H.R. Maturana and R. Uribe, 1974, Autopoiesis: The Organization of Living Systems, its Characterization and a Model, Bio Systems, vol. 5, North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam.
H.R. Maturana, 1978, Biology of Language: The Epistemology of Reality, in Psychology and Biology of Language and Thought. Essays in Honor of Eric Lenneberg, Academic Press.
A good overview and a critique of functionalism is available in N. Block (ed.), 1981, Readings in the Philosophy of Psychology, Methuen & Co, London.
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Burghgraeve, P. (1992). Mechanistic Explanations and Structure-Determined Systems Maturana and the Human Sciences. In: van de Vijver, G. (eds) New Perspectives on Cybernetics. Synthese Library, vol 220. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8062-5_12
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