The construction of emergent order, or, how to resist the temptation of hylozoism

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-314

  Goldstein, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopoeisis; Emergence; Explanation; Hylozoism; Referential closure; Self generating systems; Self reference; Self transcending constructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943049972     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025907716601     Document Type: Review

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