Cybernetics and the social sciences

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 411-420

  Scott, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Conversation theory; Cybernetics; Second order cybernetics; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629757     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.445     Document Type: Article

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