Meaning autopoiesis
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autopoiesis


Literally, 'self-creation'. This describes a process by which a system creates and maintains itself. The term was coined by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in the context of sel [..]
Source: complexityexplorer.org

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autopoiesis


(Gr. self-making). In implicit pedagogy, those activities of the child that have as their primary objective the improvement of the child's motoric, perceptual, emotional, and conceptual organizat [..]
Source: cogweb.ucla.edu

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autopoiesis


self-perpetuation through metabolization, involving consumption of energy and discard of waste (from Greek self [auto] and making [poiein, as in "poetry"]), active maintenance against natura [..]
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autopoiesis


all things move toward the fulfillment of their inner nature; self-organization or self manipulation (Barbour pg. 71) epistemology
Source: muskingum.edu (offline)

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autopoiesis


Self creation; self organization.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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