A philosophy of Informing Science

Informing Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Cohen, Eli B ^a  

^a Informing Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Frameworks; Informing; Informing science; Metaphors; Transdiscipline

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649276706     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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