Semiotic scaffolding of living systems

Introduction to Biosemiotics: The New Biological Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 149-166

  Hoffmeyer, Jesper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Biosemiotics; Emergence; Evolution; Scaffolding; Sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919712169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4814-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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