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Autopoiesis

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The term autopoiesis (from Greek αὐτo- (auto-) 'self', and ποίησις (poiesis) 'creation, production') refers to a system capable of producing and maintaining itself by creating its own parts.

Autopoiesis - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia System capable of producing itself 3D representation of a living cell during the process of mitosis , example of an autopoietic system The term autopoiesis (from Greek αὐτo- (auto) ' self ' and ποίησις ( poiesis ) ' creation, production ' ), one of several current theories of life, refers to a system capable of producing and maintaining itself by creating its own parts. [ 1 ] Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela , in the 1972 publication Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the L

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