An introduction to some of the ideas of Humberto Maturana

In recent years the work of Humberto Maturana, a research biologist and neurophysiologist from the University of Santiago, Chile, has come to the forefront of dialogue between several well-known family therapists. This paper introduces the reader to some of his original ideas and shows its connection with family therapy through linkages between it and some of the theoretical underpinnings of the Milan School