Can inter-human communications be modeled as "autopoietic"?

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Publication date 2014
Journal Constructivist Foundations
Volume | Issue number 9 | 2
Pages (from-to) 168-170
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
Abstract Open peer commentary on the article "Social Autopoiesis?" by Hugo Urrestarazu. Upshot: The dynamics of expectations in inter-human communications can be modelled as "autopoiesis." Consciousness and communications couple not only structurally (Maturana), but also penetrate each other reflexively (Luhmann. Reflexivity opens and enriches the model of autopoiesis for further exploration.
Document type Article
Note Open peer commentary to: Hugo Urrestarazu, "Social Autopoiesis?"
Language English
Published at http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/9/2/168.leydesdorff
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