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Area of Science:

  • Systems Biology
  • Theoretical Biology
  • Philosophy of Science

Background:

  • Goal-directed phenomena are typically framed as optimization problems.
  • However, the 'becoming' of goals suggests a self-organization and emergence process.
  • Existing definitions of emergence often require a pre-existing system, inadequate for emergent goals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a modeling framework for emergent goals.
  • To represent goals as emergent autopoietic structures.
  • To formalize the 'becoming' of goals within systems.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing formal definitions of emergence.
  • Applying Chemical Organization Theory (COT) to model autopoietic structures.
  • Analyzing changes in reaction network organizational structures.

Main Results:

  • Identified limitations in current emergence definitions for goal formalization.
  • Demonstrated COT's applicability to formalize autopoietic structures and emergent goals.
  • Showed that emergence taxonomies can be derived from organizational structure changes.

Conclusions:

  • Goals can be modeled as emergent autopoietic structures.
  • Chemical Organization Theory provides a framework for operationalizing emergent goals.
  • This approach offers a novel perspective on system evolution and goal formation.