Maturana's Conception about human language and behaviour

This paper presents a review of the work of the prestigious biologist, philosopher and epistemologist Chilean Humberto Maturana. Maturana's thinking is analyzed and ontology, epistemology and language theory proposed by Maturana is disclosed, as well as his conception about the human being, and the praxis-expressive configuration, in other words, language. The main foundations, proposals and scientific categories that underlies in his research are presented about languaging and emotioning. This paper aims to present and make understandable Maturana's most significant contributions, and in this way, to provide a comprehensive reading a configurational view and a holistic understanding of the scientific thought of Humberto Maturana, especially as related to behavior and his language theory.