acceptance. See also symbolically generalized media., 129–130, 132, 138, 142, 144–145

accommodation, 101

action, 38–40

actor. See also individual., 13, 60, 65, 81

actuality. See also meaning., 37

address of communication, 48, 174, 190

assessment of communication, 48–51

attribution, 117, 144–145

autopoiesis. See also connectivity., 6, 23, 38, 55, 108, 111, 151, 162, 164, 166–168

binary code, 118, 200

body. See also symbiotic mechanism., 67, 84, 109, 168–169

boundary, 17, 157–159, 173, 181–203

career, 173–174, 202

causality, 132–137, 144

centralized society, 10, 191–194

closure. See operational closure

co-evolution. See also evolution., 32, 111, 119

code. See also binary code., 145, 149–153

cognition, 22, 32, 84

collective consciousness, 5, 60, 64, 190

communication, 3, 8, 16, 35–56, 69, 85–89, 107, 117–118, 157–158, 166, 176, 185–186

complexity, 18, 26–28, 177, 185

conflict, 95

connectivity, 23, 123, 126, 129–132, 181–203. See also autopoiesis

consciousness. See also mind; psychic system; subjectivity., 27, 59–60, 81, 86, 117–119, 160–161, 180n3, 200–201

constructivism, 17, 28, 52, 80

contingency. See also double contingency; multiple contingency., 22, 131

convention, 83, 126

conversation analysis, 210–211

coupling. See also structural coupling., 94, 104, 130–131

culture, 2–3, 30–32, 104, 122, 126

data, 206–207

datum, variable and constant, 208–212

decisions. See also organization., 161–162

deviation, 167

difference. See also distinction; indifference., 101, 164

differentiation. See also segmented society; stratified society; centralized society; functional differentiation; interaction; organization., 10, 155–179