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Humberto Maturana: Chilean biologist and philosopher (1928–2021).
Born in Santiago (died at age 92).
3 awards including Guggenheim Fellowship.
Studied at Harvard University.
AWARDS (3)
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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National Prize for Sciences (Chile)
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honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Biography
Humberto Maturana Romesín was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Some name him a second-order cybernetics theoretician alongside the likes of Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün and Ernst von Glasersfeld.
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