REFERENCE (External)
Charles François (2004). REFERENCE (External), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2780.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2780 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
N. LUHMANN writes: “The difference between subject and object (thinking and being, knowledge and object) is nothing else but the distinction between self-reference and external reference”(1995, p. 8)
The autopoietic system connects itself with some external reference through structural coupling , i.e. “external ” becomes “reference” only when the system reacts to some feature in its environment and, in some way, internalizes the “external”.