Cybersemiotics: A transdisciplinary framework for information studies

BioSystems

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Brier, Søren ^a  

^a Royal School of Librarianship   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Cybersemiotics; Information science; Second order cybernetics; Triadic sign

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYBERNETICS; ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANGUAGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOCIETY; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0032052547     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(97)00097-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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