Does a robot have an Umwelt? Reflections on the qualitative biosemiotics of Jakob von Uexküll

Semiotica

Volumn 134, Issue , 2001, Pages 653-693

  Emmeche, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 28444488107     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2001.048     Document Type: Article

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