Autogenesis and autopoiesis
Ilja Šrubař
Routledge eBooks October 25, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9780429467714-13 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Luhmann's solipsistic account of the operational closure of consciousness generates paradoxes for his theory of social reality, and proposes that Berger and Luckmann's conception offers a way to approach the autogenesis of social reality without those paradoxes. It further holds that language represents the structural coupling between psychic and social systems, and that the social character of cognition forms the context shaping communication. |
Abstract
The operation on which the autopoiesis of the consciousness is based is in N. Luhmann called “the thinking” and the system components that are generated by that operation are consequently called “the thoughts.” B. L. Berger and Luckmann’s conception seems to offer a suggestion on how to approach the problem of the autogenesis of social reality without causing the paradoxes that burden Luhmann’s theory. Luhmann’s solipsistic view of the operational closure of the consciousness involves many consequences concerning his concept of social reality. The environment of social systems includes everything that cannot be approached by communication, that is, what cannot work as a self-created element within the communicative chaining of events of which the meaningful structure of the social system is formed. The language represents the structural coupling that works between the psychic and social systems. The social characters of the cognition were recognized as substantial context forming the course of communication.