How parts make up wholes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 NOV, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Findlay, Scott D ^a   Thagard, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitution; Emergence; Family; Hierarchies; Levels; Organization; Parts; Wholes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870909168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00455     Document Type: Article

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