6Opening Epigraph
2515. Care as Structural Coupling
7Part I — The Need for a New Domain of Inquiry
2616. Wu-Wei as Non-Forcing Participation
81. From Mechanisms of Life to Living Coordination
2717. Public Health and Civilization as Extended Niche
92. Why Physiology Is Necessary but Not Sufficient
28Part V — Limits, Safeguards, and the Discipline of Staying Open
103. The Danger of Possession by Distinction
2918. Why the Framework Must Remain Provisional
11Part II — Three Foundational Windows
3019. What the Framework Does Not Claim
124. Maturana: Living Constitution, Organism–Niche Unity, Emotioning, and the Observer
3120. Five Methodological Safeguards
135. Noble: Biological Relativity and the Multi-Level Causality of Living Systems
3221. The Risks to Avoid
146. Kauffman: Emotional Sentience and the Felt Valuation of Living Agency
3322. Conclusion: Toward a Science Answerable to Life
15Part III — The Biology of Living Coordination
34Closing Reflection
167. Living Constitution
35Acknowledgements
178. Organism–Medium Coupling
36About the Author
189. Multi-Level Causal Realization
37Note for Listeners
1910. Affective Valuation and Emotioning
