From autopoiesis to self-optimization: Toward an enactive model of biological regulation
bioRxiv Preprint Server February 5, 2023 Tom Froese, Natalya Weber, Ivan Shpurov et al. 6 citations preprint
The theory of autopoiesis has been influential in many areas of theoretical biology, especially in the fields of artificial life and origins of life. However, it has not managed to productively connect with mainstream biology, partly for theoretical reasons, but arguably mainly because deriving specific working hypotheses has been challenging. The theory has recently undergone significant...