From autopoiesis to neurophenomenology: Francisco Varela's exploration of the biophysics of being.
Biological research 2003 David Rudrauf, Antoine Lutz, Diego Cosmelli et al. 194 citations
This paper reviews in detail Francisco Varela's work on subjectivity and consciousness in the biological sciences. His original approach to this "hard problem" presents a subjectivity that is radically intertwined with its biological and physical roots. It must be understood within the framework of his theory of a concrete, embodied dynamics, grounded in his general theory of autonomous...