Interaction and bio-cognitive order

Synthese

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-546

  Hooker, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent; Autonomy; Biological agency; Interaction; Interactivist constructivist; Naturalism; Open problem; Self directed anticipative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649090408     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9374-y     Document Type: Article

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