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name: paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch
description: Apply the Ramstead, Badcock, and Friston: A Free-Energy Formulation of Autopoietic Systems article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Ramstead, Badcock, and Friston: A Free-Energy Formulation of Autopoietic Systems

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the paper establishes Ramstead, Badcock, and Friston published their paper in Physics of Life Reviews in 2018. The work develops a meta-theoretical ontology of living systems. It uses the free energy principle to formalize autopoiesis.

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-ramstead-m-j-d-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-2017-answering-sch/revisions