title: For Francisco Varela: explorer of the phenomenal world.
abstract: Francisco Varela was an innovative thinker and researcher as well as a pioneer in the present dialog between science and Buddhism. In this essay, I will first speak briefly about some of Francisco's contributions to the world at large and then relate a few vivid moments from my own interactions with him.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. rosch@socrates.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosch
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history; D012586:Science / Q000266:history