Determinism and the recovery of human agency: The embodying of persons

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-402

  Varela, Charles R ^a  

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EID: 0033234785     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00109     Document Type: Article

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