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Self-producing systems : implications and applications of autopoiesis

Title
Self-producing systems : implications and applications of autopoiesis / John Mingers.
Author
Mingers, John.
Publication
New York : Plenum Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Description
xvii, 246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Contemporary systems thinking
Uniform Title
Contemporary systems thinking.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and indexes.
Contents
1. The Development of Autopoiesis -- 2. The Organization of Living Systems -- 3. The Implications of Autopoiesis -- 4. Mathematics and Models of Autopoiesis -- 5. The Organization of the Nervous System -- 6. Language and the Emergence of the Observer -- 7. Philosophical Implications -- 8. Autopoietic Organizations and Social Systems -- 9. Law as an Autopoietic System -- 10. Family Therapy -- 11. Information Systems, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Intelligence -- 12. Conclusions.
ISBN
0306447975
LCCN
94043375
OCLC
ocm31608790
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries