The theory of autopoiesis accepts t

The theory of autopoiesis accepts that systems can be recognized as having environment but insists that relations with any environment are internally determined. There may be countless chains of interaction within and between systems ageing linked to B, to C,D,E, and so forth, but there is no independent pattern of causation. Changes in a do not cause changes in B,C,D, or E because the whole chain of relations is past of the same self determining pattern. The system’s pattern has to be understood as a whole and possessing a logic of its own. It cannot be understood as a network of separates parts.