Species of Realization and the Free Energy Principle

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 706-723

  Kirchhoff, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Free energy; Realization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946479958     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2014.992446     Document Type: Article

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