Volume 18 · Number 3 ·
Pages 382–386
Authors’ Response: The Sympoietic Roots of Adaptivity
Mads Julian Dengsø & Michael David Kirchhoff
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Abstract
Abstract: We delineate the distinctness of sympoiesis from adaptive notions of autopoiesis and explain why we see it as helpful to the exploration and explanation of agentive and adaptive cognitive systems.
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Dengsø M. J. & Kirchhoff M. D. (2023) Authors’ response: The sympoietic roots of adaptivity. Constructivist Foundations 18(3): 382–386. https://constructivist.info/18/3/382
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