How Organisms Gained Causal Independence and How It Might Be Quantified
Two broad features are jointly necessary for autonomous agency: organisational closure and the embodiment of an objective-function providing a ‘goal’: so far only organisms demonstrate both. Organisational closure has been studied (mostly in abstract), especially as cell autopoie...
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MDPI AG
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/7/3/38 |