Towards an Autopoietic Redefinition of Life

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-149

  Damiano, Luisa ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Autopoiesis; Cognition; Life; Structural coupling

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ORIGIN OF LIFE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; LIFE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77951768686     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9193-2     Document Type: Article

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