The biosemiosis of prescriptive information

Semiotica

Volumn 2009, Issue 174, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Abel, David L ^a  

^a Origin of Life Foundation

Author keywords

Biocybernetics; Biosemiotics; Complexity theory; Emergence; Self organization; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649110190     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2009.026     Document Type: Review

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