“What is Life?” Anticipation in Relational Biology – CREA Seminar Thursday 28 March 2019 Hörsal P1 – Prisma 13h – 14 h   An anticipatory system is a natural system that contains an internal predictive model of itself and its environment, and takes antecedent actions in accordance with the model’s predictions. An organism is the very…

This article provides a conceptual basis for ‘centering’ the relationship between artisanship and mechanization as one would in pottery making. Critical theory dichotomizes handwork from machine-work, emphasizing the division between non-alienated and alienated labor, authenticity and inauthenticity, and experiential resonance and capitalist fetishism. The author demonstrates the theoretical shortcomings and social repercussions of these dualisms…