The influence of Gregory Bateson: Legacy or vestige?

Kybernetes

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 871-883

  Thomas, Frank N ^a   Waits, Rebekah A ^a   Hartsfield, Gail L ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Literature; Psychology

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; SEARCH ENGINES;

CYBERNETIC THEORIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LITERATURE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORY BUILDING;

SURVEYS;

EID: 34848846878     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920710777397     Document Type: Article

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