Theses on biosemiotics: Prolegomena to a theoretical biology

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Theses on biosemiotics : Prolegomena to a theoretical biology. / Kull, Kalevi; Deacon, Terrence; Emmeche, Claus; Hoffmeyer, Jesper; Stjernfelt, Frederik.

In: Biological Theory, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2009, p. 167-173.

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Kull, K, Deacon, T, Emmeche, C, Hoffmeyer, J & Stjernfelt, F 2009, 'Theses on biosemiotics: Prolegomena to a theoretical biology', Biological Theory, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2009.4.2.167

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Kull, K., Deacon, T., Emmeche, C., Hoffmeyer, J., & Stjernfelt, F. (2009). Theses on biosemiotics: Prolegomena to a theoretical biology. Biological Theory, 4(2), 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2009.4.2.167

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Kull K, Deacon T, Emmeche C, Hoffmeyer J, Stjernfelt F. Theses on biosemiotics: Prolegomena to a theoretical biology. Biological Theory. 2009;4(2):167-173. https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2009.4.2.167

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Kull, Kalevi ; Deacon, Terrence ; Emmeche, Claus ; Hoffmeyer, Jesper ; Stjernfelt, Frederik. / Theses on biosemiotics : Prolegomena to a theoretical biology. In: Biological Theory. 2009 ; Vol. 4, No. 2. pp. 167-173.

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