Autopoiesis

An autopoietic system holds constant its organization and defines its boundaries through the continuous production of its components

Winograd & Flores, "Computers and Cognition"

Structural coupling is generated by the demands of autopoiesis.

Observers … generate distinctions in a consensual domain.

Consensual:

1. Of or relating to a reflexive response of one
   body structure following stimulation of another, such as the concurrent
   constriction of one pupil in response to light shined in the other.
2. Of or relating to involuntary movement of a body part accompanying voluntary movement of another.

Source: dictionary.com

An organisation is a network of conversations and relationships, an organisation is also a network of commitments.

So, if we are observers that make distinctions in a consensual domain through speech acts, we can view organizations as networks made up from commitments communicated through speech acts. Could the consensual domain be modeled using the habitat concept? The commitments could be modeled using PBA and BBK's agent-role mechanisms.

Regarding "The Singapore Scenario":
Could these modeling mechanisms be used to model the interaction between the ship's crew, Pilot and Hanger Crew? Also internally between ship's crew and between Pilot and tug boats? Maybe the tugboat and ship could interact directly?

Jeg er ved at læse en bog, der hedder "Understanding Computers & Cognition: A New Foundation for Design" af Winograd og Flores. Inden FUSS-mødet havde jeg i bogen læst om et verdensbillede, der er baseret på Heidegger og en biolog ved navn Maturana. Et dragende aspekt ved dette verdensbillede er, at det passer så smukt med den forståelse, jeg har taget med mig fra mit speciale og arbejdet med Gibson m.fl. I dette verdensbillede indgår autopoiesis som den fundamentale forudsætning for biologiske organismers selvopretholdelse og strukturel kobling som princippet for evolutionær adaption.

Some links:
http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigois/auto/Main.html
Randall Whitaker's Observer Web - Autopoiesis and Enaction
Autopoiesis bibliography
Autopoiesis and Coevolution: http://www.calresco.org/lucas/auto.htm
Resources on autopoiesis: http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~jmathon/autopoesis/Resources.html
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