... autopoiesis succeeds so consistently in reproducing its own form that this very success results in the completion and shutdown of further operations. Originality/value The paper provides what is, to our knowledge, the first coherent systems-theoretical theory of suicide grounded in the concept...

... at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Social systems Education Artificial intelligence System theory Autopoiesis Science is a social system whose primary function is to communicate truth (Luhmann, 1989 : p. 76). It operates more through its own processes and structures...

... inspired by the theory of autopoiesis systems by Niklas Luhmann. Findings From a systems perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extraordinary complexity of the linkages between social systems. Trust will continue to evolve dynamically as new variants emerge in society. Consequently...

... communication. Autonomy Autopoiesis Self-organization Systems theory Technology Adam Lovasz can be contacted at: adam.lovasz629@yahoo.com 20 02 2023 26 03 2023 05 05 2023 25 05 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ecology Communication Systems theory Sociology Evolution Autopoiesis Function codes, Differentiation Communication chasm Social evolution SST To date, no significant US federal policy has even approached the scale or scope...

... Communications technologies Systems theory Social systems Social networks Second-order cybernetics Autopoiesis In the course of the development of his theory of society until the end of the 1990s, Niklas Luhmann was able to state that “the dominance of functional differentiation...

... theory Evolution Autopoiesis Self-referential systems Maturana and Varela (1980) developed the concept of autopoiesis with reference to the molecular operations of living systems (cells, in the first instance), i.e. systems characterized by self-preservation and the maintenance of their own...

... to say whether modern Irish society could be said to be “better” than that in the nineteenth century. Causality Homeostasis Autopoiesis Complexity A chess player is governed more by his worst moments than by his best moments. (Wiener, 1954) Certain perspectives of history...

... is reconstructed, updated and applied to twenty-first century political phenomena. The insights are validated, and the analytical framework’s robustness is demonstrated. Cybernetics Complexity Sociocybernetics Second-order cybernetics Emergence Autopoiesis The purpose of the paper is to set out...

... on the role of academia with the use of cybernetic models of viable systems and of distributed cognition, yielding practical guidelines for the organization of academia. Cognition Education Philosophy Citizenship Cybernetics Autopoiesis Pressing challenges such as global poverty, terrorism...

... it produces something different from itself. For example, a furniture factory produces furniture, but it does not produce itself. However, if we pay attention to the components, relations and processes that allow it to remain as an organizational unit, it seems to satisfy the requirements for autopoiesis...

... and objective of the shari’ah (maqasid as-shari’ah) (Choudhury, 2011). Professor Masudul Alam Choudhury can be contacted at: masudc60@yahoo.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Causality Creativity Consciousness Biocybernetics Autopoiesis Complexity In the heterodox field...

... multidimensional vectorial representations, multiplexing of multiple signals in spike trains, broadcast strategies of neural coordination, and mutually reinforcing, autopoiesis-like dynamics. Our working hypothesis is that complex temporal codes form multidimensional vectorial representations that interact...

.... Even when the owner of a successful strategy (a_{b) allows an agent with lower energy (aa) to get a copy of that genome and then improve its strategy, ab also can impose two restriction policies to that copy: Information theory Adaptation Emergence Autopoiesis Social}...

...Dr Raul Espejo; Carlos Gershenson Purpose – Autopoiesis is a concept originally used to define living systems. However, no measure for autopoiesis has been proposed so far. Moreover, how can we build systems with a higher autopoiesis value? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design...

..., which radicalizes the “organic metaphor”, culminates by 1950 in the ideal of a self-produced work of music (very similar avant la lettre to the concept of autopoiesis). Although produced by human labour, the artwork should emerge and act as if it was self-produced. Such reification of art has its...

... of conversation and autopoietic aspects within the interactive installation is pivotal. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Media art Second order cybernetics Autopoiesis Conversation Aesthetic system Social system Social processes The research presented here started with our...

...” as about a “self‐observer”. The study of self‐referentiality is not only about language; it is about other forms of behavior as well. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Autopoiesis Cybernetics Systems It is generally understood that the raison d’être of second‐order cybernetics (henceforth...

... between IS design activity, use activity, and the embedded social context. First and second order cybernetics are employed as a general skeleton or structure for conducting the sociocybernetic approach. Approaches from social autopoiesis theory and activity theory are introduced respectively to provide...

...Colin Dougall This paper takes as a datum that autopoiesis theory broadly conceived as a scientific doctrine can legitimately be viewed as a modern day rediscovery of Aristotle. This is argued for elsewhere. What is argued is that Maturanian organisation as it is currently conceived has serious...