Autopoiesis and cognition : the realization of the living
, by an observer, already seems to violate the fundamental requirement which Maturana and Varela posit for the characterization of such system- namely, that they are autonomous, self-referring and self-constructing closed systems - in short, autopoietic systems in their terms.
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General Table of Contents.- Biology of Cognition.- Dedication.- I. Introduction.- II. The Problem.- III. Cognitive Function in General.- IV. Cognitive Function in Particular.- V. Problems in the Neurophysiology of Cognition.- VI. Conclusions.- VII. Post Scriptum.- Autopoiesis: the Organization of the Living.- Preface (by Sir Stafford Beer).- I. On Machines, Living and Otherwise.- II. Dispensability of Teleonomy.- III. Embodiments of Autopoiesis.- IV. Diversity of Autopoiesis.- V. Presence of Autopoiesis.- Appendix: The Nervous System.- Index of Names.