Extended concept of knowledge for evolutionary epistemology and for biosemiotics: Hierarchies of storage and subject of knowledge

Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica Mathematics and Computing Series

Volumn 91, Issue , 1998, Pages 207-216

  Vehkavaara, Tommi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action; Adaptation; Biosemiotics; Epigenesis; Evolutionary epistemology; Information; Knowledge; Levels of evolution; Phylogenesis; Selection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344373826     PISSN: 14569418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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