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(1994) Inside versus outside, Dordrecht, Springer.

Circular causality and the human self-organized endo-exo interface

J. S. Wassenaar

pp. 331-346

Evolution is defined as the continuous complexification of interacting (energy-matter-) entities: matter-bound processes of circular causality, i.e., of shaping, interfacing, and countershaping. These processes are ruled in living systems by the principle of interactive or circular autonomy, realizing endo-exo interfaces by a well-integrated neuro-psychic domain constituted by corresponding membrane-related genotypic, metabolic, ionic, and neuro-synaptic levels of self-organization. This domain processes "best matching" interface representations. The polarity between res extensa and res cogitans is related to two circular functions of the neuro-psychic domain in opposite time-directions: future-directed projection and past-directed accomodation.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-48647-0_18

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Wassenaar, J. S. (1994)., Circular causality and the human self-organized endo-exo interface, in H. Atmanspacher & G. J. Dalenoort (eds.), Inside versus outside, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 331-346.

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