Norm-establishing and norm-following in autonomous agency

Artificial Life

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-28

  Barandiaran, Xabier E ^a   Egbert, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimal agency; Normative field; Normativity; Organicism; Precariousness; Viability

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

MINIMAL AGENCY; NORMATIVE FIELD; NORMATIVITY; ORGANICISM; PRECARIOUSNESS; VIABILITY;

METABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; LIFE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85047687915     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ARTL_a_00094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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