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The concept of <b>autopoiesis</b> depicts a [[Life|living system]] as an autonomously [[Self-organization|self-organizing]] unit within its physical boundary, generating and continually regenerating its own components, thereby maintaining the molecular and supramolecular hierarchy of interacting networks that self-organize and self-perpetuate the system. | The concept of <b>autopoiesis</b> depicts a [[Life|living system]] as an autonomously [[Self-organization|self-organizing]] unit within its physical boundary, generating and continually regenerating its own components, thereby maintaining the molecular and supramolecular hierarchy of interacting networks that self-organize and self-perpetuate the system.<ref name=luisi2003>Luisi PL. (2003) [http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00114-002-0389-9 Autopoiesis: a review and a reappraisal. Naturwissenschaften 2003;90:49-59. | ||
* <b>From the Abstract:</b> The basic principles of autopoiesis as a theory of cellular life are then described, emphasizing also what autopoiesis is not: not an abstract theory, not a concept of artificial life, not a theory about the origin of life-but rather a pragmatic blueprint of life based on cellular life. It shown how this view leads to a conceptually clear definition of minimal life and to a logical link with related notions, such as self-organization, emergence, biological autonomy, auto-referentiality, and interactions with the environment.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 22:48, 22 February 2010
The concept of autopoiesis depicts a living system as an autonomously self-organizing unit within its physical boundary, generating and continually regenerating its own components, thereby maintaining the molecular and supramolecular hierarchy of interacting networks that self-organize and self-perpetuate the system.[1]
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- ↑ Luisi PL. (2003) [http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00114-002-0389-9 Autopoiesis: a review and a reappraisal. Naturwissenschaften 2003;90:49-59.
- From the Abstract: The basic principles of autopoiesis as a theory of cellular life are then described, emphasizing also what autopoiesis is not: not an abstract theory, not a concept of artificial life, not a theory about the origin of life-but rather a pragmatic blueprint of life based on cellular life. It shown how this view leads to a conceptually clear definition of minimal life and to a logical link with related notions, such as self-organization, emergence, biological autonomy, auto-referentiality, and interactions with the environment.