| ▲ | robwwilliams 5 days ago | |
I find Maturana’s definition satisfactory. Best overview in his book with Francesco Valera: Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (1980) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis_and_Cognition:_The... Unfortunately out of print. | ||
| ▲ | cwmma 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
how does it exclude fire, something well known for making more of itself (which seems to be the main criteria in Autopoiesis) | ||