autonomy – James R Williams

autopoiesis, General autonomy, Di Paolo, precariousness

Won’t be fooled again? Ezekiel Di Paolo and Enactive Autopoiesis: Semiology of Autopoiesis (VII)

Post By James Williams 16th August 2023

I have distinguished between strict and loose definitions of the concept of autopoiesis. These definitions can overlap, in the sense that one might share conditions with another. They can also be inconsistent, internally and with each other, when they involve contradictory conditions. A looser definition has more conditions, but these…

autopoiesis, General, Process philosophy, Signs autonomy, Method, unity

Modes of Explanation: Semiology of Autopoiesis (V)

Post By James Williams 22nd January 2023

Across my first three posts on autopoiesis I have contrasted strict and looser definitions of the concept. The stricter definitions are more logically consistent; they hold together rigorously. The looser definitions apply to increased real and imaginary cases; they have greater extension. It would be a mistake, though, to think…

autopoiesis, Signs autonomy, Maturana, teleology, unity, Varela, vitalism

Semiology of Autopoiesis (II)

Post By James Williams 23rd February 2022

Selections of the Sign: Unity Maturana and Varela’s Autopoiesis: the Organization of the Living begins with a sentence indebted to George Spencer-Brown and his form of distinction where ‘distinction is perfect continence’. In their version, this becomes ‘A universe comes into being when a space is severed into two. A…