?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Autonomy%3A+a+review+and+a+reappraisal&rft.creator=Froese%2C+Mr+Tom&rft.creator=Virgo%2C+Mr+Nathaniel&rft.creator=Izquierdo%2C+Mr+Eduardo&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=In+the+field+of+artificial+life+there+is+no+agreement+on+what+defines+%E2%80%98autonomy%E2%80%99.+This+makes+it+difficult+to+measure+progress+made+towards+understanding+as+well+as+engineering+autonomous+systems.+Here%2C+we+review+the+diversity+of+approaches+and+categorize+them+by+introducing+a+conceptual+distinction+between+behavioral+and+constitutive+autonomy.+Differences+in+the+autonomy+of+artificial+and+biological+agents+tend+to+be+marginalized+for+the+former+and+treated+as+absolute+for+the+latter.+We+argue+that+with+this+distinction+the+apparent+opposition+can+be+resolved.&rft.publisher=Springer-Verlag&rft.contributor=Almeida+e+Costa%2C+Mr+Fernando&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5779%2F1%2FFroese%252C_Virgo%252C_Izquierdo_07_-_Autonomy_-_a_review_and_a_reappraisal.pdf&rft.identifier=++Froese%2C+Mr+Tom+and+Virgo%2C+Mr+Nathaniel+and+Izquierdo%2C+Mr+Eduardo++(2007)+Autonomy%3A+a+review+and+a+reappraisal.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5779%2F