Autopoiesis and cognition: the realization of the living
Autopoiesis and cognition: the realization of the living
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Maturana, Humberto R., Francisco J. Varela, Stafford Beer, and Humberto R. Maturana. Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 42. D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1980.
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