Foundations and methodology for an evolutionary world view: a review of the principia cybernetica project

Foundations of Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-490

  Heylighen, Francis ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 52849096977     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011389509210     Document Type: Article

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