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Behavior: Observable changes in the describable state of living organisms that are initiated by these organisms themselves or that represent a reaction to external stimuli where there is a certain choice of reaction. Accompanying thoughts are not part of behavior, as otherwise an arbitrary extension of the frame of reference would make it impossible to determine behavior. See also Actions, Behaviorism, Mentalism, Naturalism, Observation, Method, Frame theories.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Humberto Maturana on Behavior - Dictionary of Arguments

I 114
Behavior/Maturana: not determined by semantic or functional values, but by the structure of the nervous system. - E.g. flight and landing are irrelevant to the internal dynamics of the aircraft (system). - ((s) structure determines behavior, but not vice versa.)
>Nervous System
, >Structure/Maturana, >Systems/Maturana.
Behavior: changing relations and interactions of an organism with its environment, such as those described by an observer.
>Description/Maturana.
I 128
Behavior/Organism/Body/Maturana: different organisms can produce the same behavior - therefore from the behavior can not be inferred the physiology. - Regularity is always part of the description.
>Regularities.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Maturana I
Umberto Maturana
Biologie der Realität Frankfurt 2000


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