The non-linear dynamics of meaning processing in social systems

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-33

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Incursion; Intersubjectivity; Meaning; Social system

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849085959     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018408099635     Document Type: Article

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