Information, knowledge and the future of machines

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1809, 2003, Pages 1581-1616

  MacFarlane, Alistair G J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agency; Epistemology; Information; Machines; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141957837     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1226     Document Type: Article

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