Autopoiesis and Aristotle: Rethinking organisation as form

Abstract

This paper takes as a datum that autopoiesis theory broadly conceived as a scientific doctrine can legitimately be viewed as a modern day rediscovery of Aristotle. This is argued for elsewhere. What is argued is that Maturanian organisation as it is currently conceived has serious deficiencies which threaten to compromise and undermine the role Maturana assigns it. The specific thesis it advances is that Maturanian organisation can be rescued from this dilemma if it is rethought as Aristotelian form.

Citation

Dougall, C. (1999), "Autopoiesis and Aristotle: Rethinking organisation as form", Kybernetes, Vol. 28 No. 6/7, pp. 777-791. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684929910283196