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Mind Waves

An interview with Francisco Varela by Erik Davis.

"...the distinguished cognitive scientist Francisco Varela has spent much of the last fifteen years constructing what he calls "gentle bridges" between Buddhism and science. Early in his career, Varela worked with fellow Chilean Humberto Maturana on the theory of "autopoesis," which described organisms not as isolated entities in a fixed and given external world, but as creatively self-perpetuating cognitive systems which continually enact their world through "structural coupling" with the environment. Much of Varela's experimental work has involved vision, showing that what we see is more an active function of our nervous system than a passive representation of the outside world."

Namo Buddha Glossary

Buddhist glossary at rinpoche.com



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