Design and its discontents

Synthese

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-289

  Weber, Bruce H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; David Hume; Design; Emergence; Lawrence Henderson; Natural teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650200803     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9543-7     Document Type: Article

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