Autopoiesis and cognition the realization of the living. Unfortunately, it requires significant effort in terms of both time and intellect to extract such initially apparently peripheral issues. Marcelo arnold, anahi urquiza 2 y daniela thumala 2. Autopoiesis and the evolution of information systems vrije.
Maturana humberto r varela francisco j autopoiesis and. This generalized view of autopoiesis considers systems as selfproducing not in terms of their physical components, but in terms of its organization, which can be measured in terms of information and complexity. The term autopoiesis refers to a system capable of reproducing and maintaining itself. But the autopoietic theory was developed in the seventies by maturana and varela. Autopoiesis definition of autopoiesis by merriamwebster. The reception of the concept of autopoiesis in the social sciences. Autopoiesis can be defined as the ratio between the complexity of a system and the complexity of its environment. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie. In this sense, it is structured in two moments a the autopoietic meaning in. The eukaryotic cell, for example, is made of various biochemical components such as nucleic acids and proteins, and is organized into bounded structures such as the cell nucleus, various. Autopoiesis and cognition the realization of the living humberto maturana. There is much more to the work of both maturana and varela, and indeed the theory of autopoiesis than the process of autopoiesis. Maturana humberto r varela francisco j autopoiesis and cognition the realization of the living.
Maturana humberto r varela francisco j autopoiesis. Autopoiesis definition is the property of a living system such as a bacterial cell or a multicellular organism that allows it to maintain and renew itself by regulating its composition and conserving its boundaries. Maturana y luhmann autopoiesis moleculas empirismo. A canonical example of an autopoietic system is the biological cell. The realization of the living humberto maturana and francisco varela as pdf for free. Autopoiesis was originally presented as a system description that was said to define and explain the nature of living systems. Teoria del caos, autopoiesis, estructuras disipativa by. The theory of autopoiesis and its uses in the social sciences. The term autopoiesis this is a pseudoancient greek word, formed through the conjunction of two proper ancient greek words, auto meaning self, and poiesis meaning roughly creation or production careers long ago usually fell under praxis, the path of arms, or poiesis, the path of letters. Information systems, evolution, change, autopoiesis. Entradas sobre autopoiesis escritas por seguriteca. Though others have often used the term as a synonym for selforganization, maturana himself stated he would never use the notion of selforganization.
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