On 6/15/07 3:31 PM, Tobias Schlüter wrote: > follow-up, and I'm fine with that. OTOH I do object (with a smiley) to > being labeled something that -- even though I can understand its meaning > from the ancient greek I studied -- I haven't the slightest idea how to > pronounce (sorry, "autopoiesis" is not in the dictionaries that I > checked). I think "non-autonomous" would do the job perfectly well, > without putting community members who didn't study philosophy into the > dark.
I agree with this. I also found the term very puzzling and very hard to understand, even after having read its definition.