Self-referring System
Due to the circular nature of its organization, a living system has a self-referring domain of interactions (self-referring system): the condition for being a unit of interactions of a living system is maintained, for its organization has functional significance only in relation to the maintenance of its circularity and defines its domain of interactions accordingly. (NC 5, BC 9)
This page was last updated on June 26, 1996, by Rob Sable.