Self-re-production and functionality: A systems-theoretical approach to teleological explanation

Synthese

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-354

  Schlosser, Gerhard ^a  

^a Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg   (Germany)

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EID: 0006137259     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005073307193     Document Type: Article

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