Comment by robwwilliams
Comment by robwwilliams 5 days ago
I find Maturana’s definition satisfactory. Best overview in his book with Francesco Valera:
Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (1980)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis_and_Cognition:_The...
Unfortunately out of print.
how does it exclude fire, something well known for making more of itself (which seems to be the main criteria in Autopoiesis)