Organisms≠Machines

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 669-678

  Nicholson, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intelligent design; Machine; Metaphor; Organism; Organization; Purposiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENT DESIGN; LIFE; LITERATURE; MACHINE; ORGANISMS; ORGANIZATION; PURPOSIVENESS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

INTELLIGENT DESIGN; MACHINE; METAPHOR; ORGANISM; ORGANIZATION; PURPOSIVENESS;

HUMANS; LIFE; METAPHOR; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84888129254     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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