Selected Publications

A calculus for self-reference
On being autonomous: The lessons of natural history for systems theory
Cognitive networks: Immune, neural, and otherwise
Structural coupling of simple cellular automata: On the origin of meaning
Auto-immunity: The moving boundaries between physiology and pathology
The relationship between connectivity and tolerance as revealed by computer simulation of the immune network: some lessons for an understanding of autoimmunity
Self-replicating micelles as a chemical version of a minimal autopoietic system
Learning principles gleaned from biological networks
Between Turing and quantum mechanics there is a body to be found
Organism: A meshwork of selfless selves
Chaos as self-renewal
Creative circularities: Understanding origins
Hints for adaptive problem solving gleaned from immune networks
Cognition without neurons: Adaptation, learning and memory in the immune system
Rediscovering computational autopoeisis

A calculus for self-reference