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Homeostasis as a fundamental principle for a coherent theory of brains

Turner, J. Scott. 2019. Homeostasis as a fundamental principle for a coherent theory of brains. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Soci...

Scott Turner Scott Turner

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Sketch for a Theory of Evolution Based on Coding

Joachim De Beule. 2014. Sketch for a Theory of Evolution Based on Coding. Biosemiotics, 7 (2), 181-201

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Code Biology

Barbieri, Marcello. 2015. Code Biology. Dordrecht: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14535-8.

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Explanation and Organizing Principles in Systems Biology

Breidenmoser, Tobias and Olaf Wolkenhauer. 2015. Explanation and Organizing Principles in Systems Biology. Pp. 249–64 in Explanation in Biol...

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A Mathematical Science of Qualities: A Sequel

Albertazzi, Liliana and AH Louie. 2016. A Mathematical Science of Qualities: A Sequel. Biological Theory. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s...

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