The meaningful body: On the difference between artificial and organic creatures

Artificial Cognition Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 238-250

  Haselager, Willem ^a   Gonzalez, Maria Eunice Q ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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EID: 84899184274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-111-7.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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