title: Reflections on the circulation of concepts between a biology of cognition and systemic family therapy.
abstract: This article is a critical examination of the possible relevance of a specific approach to cognitive science for systemic family therapy. I provide a way of comparing the conceptual backgrounds for both these fields and, on that basis, propose some conclusions that underline the difficulty of the task.
authors.affiliation: CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Varela
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological