Gunji Y. & Nakamura T. (1991) Time reverse automata patterns generated by Spencer-Brown’s modulator: Invertibility based on autopoiesis. Biosystems 25(3): 151–177.
Gunji Y. & Nakamura T.
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1991)
Time reverse automata patterns generated by Spencer-Brown’s modulator: Invertibility based on autopoiesis. [The sense of the individual: Questions to Peter Fuchs: Autopoiesis, microdiversity, interaction]
Biosystems 25(3): 151–177.
In the present paper the self-consistency or operational closure of autopoiesis is described by introducing time explicitly. It is an extension of Spencer-Brown’s idea of time, however. The definition of time is segregated into two parts, corresponding to the syntax and semantics of language, respectively. In this context, time reversibility is defined by the formalization of the relationship between time and self-consistency. This idea has also been discussed in the context of designation and/or naming. Here we will discuss it in the context of cellular automata and explain the structure of one-to-many type mappings. Our approach is the first attempt to extend autopoietic systems in terms of dynamics. It illustrates how to introduce an autopoietic time which looks irreversible, but without the concept of entropy.
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