Conceptual Inventory

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Autonomy

The relative independence of a system from environmental determination, usually involving an enhanced capacity for self-determination (producing its own parts, responding actively to perturbations, etc.). See “Self-Determination.”

References:

Moreno A, and M. Mossio (2015). Biological Autonomy: A Philosophical and Theoretical Inquiry. Dordrecht: Springer.

Allied Concepts:
Agency (General, or Minimal), Constraint, Organizational Closure, Robustness, Work-Constraint Cycle,