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AUTOCATAKINETICS, YES—AUTOPOIESIS, NO: STEPS TOWARD A UNIFIED THEORY OF EVOLUTIONARY ORDERING

ROD SWENSON Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269
Pages 207-228 | Received 11 Dec 1990, Accepted 08 Jan 1991, Published online: 30 Mar 2007

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