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Systems or bodies? On how (not) to embody autopoiesis

Systems or bodies? On how (not) to embody autopoiesis
Systems or bodies? On how (not) to embody autopoiesis

Villalobos and Razeto-Barry’s embodied reformulation of the autopoietic theory (AT) replaces AT’s reference to autopoietic ‘systems’ with a reference to autopoietic ‘bodies’ so as to prevent an extended enactivist reading of AT. I argue that the specific notions of ‘body’ and ‘embodiment’ invoked by Villalobos and Razeto-Barry appear to be in tension with AT and are problematic as such.

Autopoiesis, embodiment, enactivism, extended mind, life
1059-7123
1-2
Meincke, Anne Sophie
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Meincke, Anne Sophie
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Meincke, Anne Sophie (2019) Systems or bodies? On how (not) to embody autopoiesis. Adaptive Behavior, 1-2. (doi:10.1177/1059712319841301).

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Abstract

Villalobos and Razeto-Barry’s embodied reformulation of the autopoietic theory (AT) replaces AT’s reference to autopoietic ‘systems’ with a reference to autopoietic ‘bodies’ so as to prevent an extended enactivist reading of AT. I argue that the specific notions of ‘body’ and ‘embodiment’ invoked by Villalobos and Razeto-Barry appear to be in tension with AT and are problematic as such.

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Published date: 8 April 2019
Keywords: Autopoiesis, embodiment, enactivism, extended mind, life

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Local EPrints ID: 430744
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430744
ISSN: 1059-7123
PURE UUID: e08e1573-6272-4775-b4b0-9fb3187f7864

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Date deposited: 10 May 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 01:47

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Author: Anne Sophie Meincke

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