Basic autonomy

• Basic autonomy (Ruiz-Mirazo & Moreno 2000) is the organization by which:

  • far-from-equilibrium and thermodynamically open systems
  • adaptively generate internal and interactive constraints
  • to modulate the flow of matter and energy required for their self-maintenance.

• Similar to autopoiesis but thermodynamically open:

  • Interactive dynamics are constitutive of the system (structural coupling with the environment is not something that comes additionally but is essential).