# Invariant 3.8 — 3.8 Autopoiesis / self-production

slug: oip-invariant-8-38-autopoiesis-self-production · https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip-invariant-8-38-autopoiesis-self-production · tags: philosophy, oip, catalogue, invariant, systems-theory · updated 2026-07-17T02:36:17.815Z

# Invariant: 3.8 Autopoiesis / self-production

### 3.8 Autopoiesis / self-production
A system that continuously makes the components that make it. **Sources:** Maturana & Varela; Luhmann (social systems — T3). **Domains:** cells, organisms, (contested) institutions. **Dual:** allopoiesis (made by another). **Tier:** T2. **Falsifier:** life sustaining itself without self-production. **Maps:** A₈ (maker-system identity), A₁₂, the "living structure." *(Your OIP reviewing and rewriting its own articles is an instance — flag it.)*

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## Corpus map
- Same invariant, other planes: [Catalogue node C12](/a/oip-node-c12-autopoiesis-self-production) · [Encyclopedia C12](/a/convergence-encyclopedia-c12)
- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)