Jude,
There's a very clear description of the key terms here
http://www.acm.org/sigois/auto/ATDefs.html
that might prove useful in understanding how the terms you question are
invoked in autopoeitic theory, and might make the flowchart's conditions
clearer.
You're of course right that we do use these terms otherwise elsewhere
(autonomy is another), so it's natural to wonder how they differ, here.
I'm taken with the religious/spiritual aspects and applications, myself,
so the tutorial pages' images--Ouroboros, T'ai Chi Chu, Descartes' face
with the "no" symbol (red circle with slash) superimposed on
it--interest me, and I do find them revealing.
Kathy at C.O.D.
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