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Autopoiesis, adaptivity, teleology, agency

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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:50 authored by Ezequiel Di Paolo
A proposal for the biological grounding of intrinsic teleology and sense-making through the theory of autopoiesis is critically evaluated. Autopoiesis provides a systemic language for speaking about intrinsic teleology but its original formulation needs to be elaborated further in order to explain sense-making. This is done by introducing adaptivity, a many-layered property that allows organisms to regulate themselves with respect to their conditions of viability. Adaptivity leads to more articulated concepts of behaviour, agency, sense- construction, health, and temporality than those given so far by autopoiesis and enaction. These and other implications for understanding the organismic generation of values are explored.

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  • Published

Journal

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

ISSN

15687759

Publisher

Springer

Issue

4

Volume

4

Page range

429 - 452

Pages

24.0

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  • Informatics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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