Lexicon of Arguments

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I 100
Definition structure/Maturana: a system defines the space in which it exists as a composite unit, which can be affected by interactions of its components.
>Systems, cf. >Systems/Luhmann.
But the structure does not determine its properties as a unit.
An unknown system cannot only be specified or determined by its structure.
I 101
Separate systems may have the same organization but different structure. Structure can change, while the organization remains.
I 104
Structure/medium/Maturana: the structure of the medium produces the concrete historical sequence of influences, which select from the set of possible state sequences those that are realized.
>Media, >Communication media/T. Parsons.
I 162
Structure/Maturana: specifies in which structural configurations of a medium a composite unit can interact at all - without the organization getting lost.
>Operation/Maturana.

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