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International Journal of General Systems Volume 38, 2009 - Issue 2: The Intellectual Legacy of W. Ross Ashby
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Ashby's notion of memory and the ontology of technical evolution

Geoffrey Bowker Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ray-Shyng Chou Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Pages 129-137 | Received 13 Feb 2008, Accepted 24 Oct 2008, Published online: 30 Jan 2009

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