| In living systems in particular, autopoietic closure is realized through a continuous structural change under conditions of continuous material interchange with the medium. . . . As a result, a structurally plastic living system either operates as a structurally determined homeostatic system that maintains invariant its organization under conditions of continuous structural change, or it disintegrates. | |||
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| Humberto R. Maturana |
"Biology and Language: The Epistemology of Reality" Psychology and Biology of Language and Thought Academic Press, 1978 |
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| Essays in honor of Eric Lenneberg, edited by George A. Miller and Elizabeth Lenneberg. | |||
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