The biological foundations of cognitive science

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Bickhard, Mark H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; Emergence; Epistemology; Evolutionary psychology; Interactivism; Neuropsychology; Normativity; Psychological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049120577     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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