How Can Living Systems Be Defined As Unified

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• A living system is software reprogrammable to the extent that stimuli can be used to alter its behavior and functionality, as opposed to needing physical rewiring.claim0.807
  Proposed continuous redefinition of software/hardware distinction applicable to biological adaptation
• Living system as individual organismconcept0.805
  The basis of the standard biological definition of life, centered on the individual organism.
• How Do Living Systems Create And Maintain Meaningfulquestion0.794
• I believe such a system of living processes can be described precisely, can be made practical, and can be implemented.claim0.789
  Alexander's optimistic programmatic statement for a worldwide generative system.
• How Can Living Systems Create Meaning And Interpretquestion0.780
• How can we try to make a living system out of a region, or a city, or a building—even out of a garden—when, according to current scientific orthodoxy, these things are not living systems?question0.772
  Rhetorical question highlighting the intellectual obstacle the book must overcome.
• Living structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.claim0.771
  A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.
• According to present-day biological terminology, a city is not a living system.claim0.760
  A statement of current orthodoxy used to highlight the need for a broader definition.