Autopsies on autopoiesis

Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Scheper, Willem J ^a   Scheper, Gert C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Autopoietic systems; Closure; Epistemology; Explanation; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348164902     PISSN: 00057940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830410101     Document Type: Article

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