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The latest issue (Feb ‘08, 91(2)) of the journal Biosystems contains at least a couple of articles relevant to Rosennean Complexity. The theme of the issue is “Modelling Autonomy”.
Two abstracts in particular caught my eye:

Autonomy and hypersets
Anthony Chemero and Michael T. Turvey
This paper has two primary aims. The first is to provide an introductory discussion […]

A 2006 paper attempting to criticize some of Rosen’s arguments, entitled “In Defense of Mechanism” by A.J. Wells [1], was recently brought to my attention. The paper makes a lengthy series of erroneous arguments based on misinterpretations of Rosen’s arguments. Wells begins with a list of statements drawn from Rosen’s Life Itself [2]. He then […]