TY - JOUR N2 - The aim of this paper is to discuss possible connections between the categories of mind and life. Some authors argue that life and mind are closely connected or even are two sides of the same phenomenon. I analyze and examine this thesis in the light of different approaches to defining life: the metabolic approach (which stresses the importance of self-maintenance and self-making) and the evolutionary approach (which focuses on evolution by natural selection). The first way of defining life is Maturana and Varela' conception of autopoiesis, the second is Korzeniewski's cybernetic definition of life and van Hateren's modified Darwinian definition of life. Especially interesting is the possibility of connecting mind and life in the evolutionary framework. The text does not provide exact results, but rather it proposes possible modes of thinking of the relation of these two categories. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114641/PDF/08_Chodasewicz.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114641 PY - 2019 IS - Część 2 EP - 148 KW - definition of life KW - relations between life and mind KW - life and cognition KW - autopoiesis KW - cybernetic definition of life KW - Darwinian definition of life A1 - Chodasewicz, Krzysztof PB - Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN PB - Instytut filozofii UMCS VL - Tom 7 DA - 2019.11.12 T1 - Life and mind. Two sides of the same? SP - 125 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/114641 T2 - Filozofia i Nauka ER -