Book Review: Varela, F. J. & Maturana, H. R. (1980) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)

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Varela, F. J. & Maturana, H. R. (1980) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)

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Reference: Varela, F. J. & Maturana, H. R. (1980) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science). Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel.

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