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Living Systems
Living systems are considered not as an ontological rupture and not as the introduction of a new principle of control, but as a particular case of stable non-subjective structural configurations
Object of Analysis in This Domain
Within this approach, the following are considered:
Life is described as a mode of sustaining stability through continuous flows of matter, energy, and interactions, without goal-oriented optimization.
- living systems as distributed configurations, lacking a center of control
- regimes of self-calibration maintaining structural stability
- coordination of multiple local processes, rather than governing action
- the imprint–subject linkage, where the subject is a realization, not a source
- active and archival states of imprints, arising from changes in supporting conditions
Life is described as a mode of sustaining stability through continuous flows of matter, energy, and interactions, without goal-oriented optimization.
Core Principle: Self-Regulation ≠ Control
Regulation in living systems is distributed and operates through multiple interacting contours.
Self-regulation is not identical to control and does not imply a governing agent.
Stability is achieved not through centralized control, but through coherence among local processes under constrained environmental conditions.
Self-regulation is not identical to control and does not imply a governing agent.
Stability is achieved not through centralized control, but through coherence among local processes under constrained environmental conditions.
Self-Calibration and Persistent Mismatches
Self-calibration is not directed toward reaching an optimum and does not eliminate mismatches completely.
Persistent mismatches are the normal condition of living systems and the basis of their dynamics and adaptability.
Persistent mismatches are the normal condition of living systems and the basis of their dynamics and adaptability.
Micro-Instability and Limited Variability
Living systems never reach complete equilibrium.
Even under stable conditions, they maintain background micro-instability, which is not a failure but a structural condition of existence.
Despite this, variability remains limited: admissible changes are constrained by imprint configurations and environmental conditions.
Even under stable conditions, they maintain background micro-instability, which is not a failure but a structural condition of existence.
Despite this, variability remains limited: admissible changes are constrained by imprint configurations and environmental conditions.
Limits of Autonomy
Living systems are not autonomous in the strict sense.
Their existence is impossible outside an environment containing structural imprints and sustaining flows.
Attempts at full isolation lead to loss of calibration and breakdown of stability.
Living systems are not opposed to the environment but woven into it as elements of a broader structural configuration.
Their existence is impossible outside an environment containing structural imprints and sustaining flows.
Attempts at full isolation lead to loss of calibration and breakdown of stability.
Living systems are not opposed to the environment but woven into it as elements of a broader structural configuration.
Interpretive Limits
It is invalid to:
The subject is a realization of a previously formed configuration, not its primary cause.
- attribute a center of control or goal-setting to living systems
- interpret self-calibration as outcome optimization
- treat micro-instability as malfunction
- derive system dynamics from subjective intentions
- treat the subject as the source of the structural imprint
The subject is a realization of a previously formed configuration, not its primary cause.
Closing Fixation
Living systems are non-subjective self-calibrating structures, whose stability is determined by coherence of imprints and environmental conditions, not by the presence of a governing center.
Domain Materials
Core Text from the Series
Living Systems as Self-Calibrating Structural Configurations An analytical text fixing life as a distributed regime of stability without a controlling subject.