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Autopoiesis: A Concept With Even More Far-Reaching Consequences for Evolutionary Theory

Jörg Räwel

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Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “Natural Drift: A Minimal Theory with Maximal Consequences” by Jorge Mpodozis. Abstract: I appreciate the consistency in Mpodozis’s theoretical approach. However, by assuming that autopoiesis can only be applied to the molecular mode of operation of organisms, he fails to exploit the potential of autopoiesis for elucidating evolutionary theory.

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Räwel J. (2022) Autopoiesis: A concept with even more far-reaching consequences for evolutionary theory. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 110–112. https://constructivist.info/18/1/110

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