Really? That's incredible. I will send it to you.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Really? That's incredible. I will send it to you.
So, even in the case of the ecosphere, where oceans, atmosphere, rocks, biota, etc., self-produce each other under closure (according to Earth Systems Science/Gaia Theory), it would still happen via molecular synthesis (not mechanical replacement)
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So, even in the case of the ecosphere, where oceans, atmosphere, rocks, biota, etc., self-produce each other under closure (according to Earth Systems Science/Gaia Theory), it would still happen via molecular synthesis (not mechanical replacement)
We need to distinguish organization and structure. Chemical processes are nomologically necessary to instantiate structurally the autopoietic organization in the physical world, because without them there's no material transformation. But the organization as such is defined without reference to them
August 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We need to distinguish organization and structure. Chemical processes are nomologically necessary to instantiate structurally the autopoietic organization in the physical world, because without them there's no material transformation. But the organization as such is defined without reference to them
No, they didn't have different views on this matter. Mechanical replacement is neither necessary nor sufficient for autopoiesis. They agreed completely on this.
August 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No, they didn't have different views on this matter. Mechanical replacement is neither necessary nor sufficient for autopoiesis. They agreed completely on this.
Oh, and here's a primer in relation to the free energy principle (also not sufficient to characterize autopoiesis) philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
Laying down a forking path: Tensions between enaction and the free energy principle
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August 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh, and here's a primer in relation to the free energy principle (also not sufficient to characterize autopoiesis) philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
Chapters 5 & 6 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Mind in Life — Harvard University Press
How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson exp...
www.hup.harvard.edu
August 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Chapters 5 & 6 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...