Francisco J. Varela

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
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gptkb:University_of_Chile
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:CNRS_Silver_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1946-09-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Santiago,_Chile
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:hepatitis_C
gptkbp:child Gabriel Varela
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Humberto_Maturana
gptkbp:coinedBy autopoiesis
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-05-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Jerzy_Rose
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Evan_Thompson
gptkb:Michel_Bitbol
Antoine Lutz
gptkbp:field gptkb:philosophy
biology
neuroscience
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francisco J. Varela
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Evan_Thompson
gptkb:Eleanor_Rosch
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gptkb:Humberto_Maturana
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neurophenomenology
enactive cognition
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gptkb:Spanish
English
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gptkb:Principles_of_Biological_Autonomy
gptkb:The_Embodied_Mind
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gptkb:philosopher
biologist
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gptkbp:residence gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkb:Santiago,_Chile
gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkbp:spouse Amy Cohen Varela
Veronica Toumanova
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:University_of_Chile
gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkb:Salk_Institute
gptkbp:website https://www.franciscovarela.org/
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