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Humberto R. Maturana and Francisco J. Varela, Autopoiesis and Cognition — epistemology of self-construction by organisms.
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Autopoiesis gives us a sense of technology expanding into the future.
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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Btw, I Edo Autopoiesis in sl am one of the juries for the Blue Mars Art Competition you mentioned.
New answers and more questions regarding the upcoming virtual world Blue Mars Bettina Tizzy 2009
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Autopoiesis may appear to be an abstract property, the sort of thing that belongs most properly to systems theory or philosophy.
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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As Maturana and Varela state in Autopoiesis and Cognitive (paraphrased), when an organism acts (the non-conceptual part) there are no instructions that guide the organism, but rather the situation guides one based on the context.
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Autopoiesis attempts to define the uniqueness of the emergence that produces life in its fundamental cellular form.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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Autopoiesis with or without cognition: defining life at its edge.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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Autopoiesis co-founder Francisco Varela summarizes thusly:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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Autopoiesis and how hyper-connectivity is literally bringing the networks to life
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Varela FG, Maturana HR, Uribe R. (1974) Autopoiesis: the organization of living systems, its characterization and a model.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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