Enaction

This particular view on the mutual interactions between living organism and environment leads these authors to the notion of "enaction", and to the surprising view that autopoiesis and cognition are two complementary, and in a way equivalent, aspects of life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hamlet's madness can be understood as an enaction of those tremula, I think, a testing of his capacities which, as he pushes the boundaries further and further, becomes ultimately a test of his capacity to be monstrous. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

As ready as he is to make amends, and as ready as his siblings are to accept that, all that is needed, in dramatic terms is the symbolic enaction of atonement and acceptance. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

It did with enaction of the Marriage Equality Act. ❋ Karl Grossman (2011)

The term seems apt: it encapsulaties the structure of the object (it is articulated -- composed of units and decomposable back to those units); and it encapsulates the process of its enaction (it has been articulated -- not simply composed as an abstract structure but manifested in a concrete form). ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

To release the thinking of being from the shape given to it in terms of beings - over against beings as beingness, as presence - thinking as enaction needs to 'return' the 'ontological difference' to its 'own' place within the question 'that historically decides metaphysics and decides about metaphysics and its inquiry'. ❋ Enowning (2008)

I have spoken to many of the county election commissioners, all of whom would choose to stay on our levers but for NY's Legislature enaction of the Election Reform and Modernization Act (ERMA). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Adaptive enterprise/complexity science is chaotic, I wanted to say postmodern in the (good) sense of enaction (a la Maturana and Varela). ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2007)

Has no one here noticed that the quality of politicians has degraded as a whole - not EVERY single one since the enaction of Term Limits? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Upon the Restoration, an influence inimical to this unfortunate clan, said to be the same with that which afterwards dictated the massacre of Glencoe, occasioned the re-enaction of the penal statutes against the MacGregors. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[legislation] was enacted to attract [international] companies ❋ Crazy Art (2018)

The Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the policing and [sentencing] of criminal statutes pertaining to the possession, production, use, sale, transport and distribution of marijuana. The [Judicial Branch] of the United States Federal Government should enact substantial criminal justice reform by abolishing [capital punishment]. ❋ Theohary (2020)

John and Bill gathered up their laser guns and medkits in preparation for the [pre-enactment] of the Battle of [Volterra] Crater, [2072]. ❋ Crescentia (2009)

"So I was pre-enacting [my beef] with [Drea]... If she talks anymore shit, I'm gonna punch her in the gut and when she hunches over, I'll get her in the throat. That bitch is lucky I don't [curb check] her, too. Hell yea! Fucked her UP,son!" ❋ AdriLynn (2013)

[Re-enactment]: A bunch of hippies in funny clothes trying to pass of there activity as "[educational]." Some are [armed] and think they can fight but really wanted to join the army and wimped out. ❋ Tamarin (2005)

WWIII Pre-enactment Group [will] [soon] be [in control] ❋ Cuckundoo (2006)

"It was [sweet] that he [wanted] to [check] on how she was, but she was re-enacting scenes from 'The Exorcist', so she wouldn't let him see her." ❋ Sprmnky (2007)

in the chat you talked about [fucking her] her in person you could barely look her [in the eyes] you just performed the [sin] of the chat enact ❋ Tilsby (2019)