Francisco J. Varela

Distributed Optimization by Ant Colonies

Alberto Colorni, Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo et al. · 1992 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Consciousness Explained

Francisco J. Varela, Daniel C. Dennett · The American Journal of Psychology · 1993 · 642 citations

The specious present: A neurophenomenology of time consciousness.

Francisco J. Varela · 1999 · 329 citations

Cognitive Science, Neuropsychology, Specious Present +8

Self-replicating micelles — A chemical version of a minimal autopoietic system

Pier Luigi Luisi, Francisco J. Varela · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 1989 · 153 citations

Polymer Chemistry, Engineering, Chemical Version +8

Beyond the gap: An introduction to naturalizing phenomenology

Jean-Michel Roy, Jean Petitot, Bernard Pachoud et al. · 1999 · 143 citations

Biosemiotics, Ethnomethodology, Anthropology +1