Brocklesby, J. and Mingers, J. (2005) The use of the concept autopoiesis in the theory of viable systems. Systems Research and Behavioural Science, 22 (1). pp. 3-9. ISSN 1092-7026 .
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| Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.603 |
Abstract
This paper examines the application and usage of the idea of autopoiesis-a theory of living systems-within the context of viable systems theory. In recent years the term autopoiesis has extended beyond the domain of cellular biology where it originated and is now used extensively across a range of different disciplines, fields of enquiry, and professional practice. The paper seeks to provide clarification of a distinction between viable and autopoietic systems that appears to have become somewhat clouded as a result of the transfer of ideas and terminology from one domain to another.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | viable systems; autopoiesis; living systems; autonomous systems; cybernetics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences Q Science H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School |
| Depositing User: | John Mingers |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2008 15:31 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 14:13 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3921 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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