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The Bootstrap Principle and the Uniqueness of the World 引导原理与世界的唯一性

Cybern. Hum. Knowing Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1142/9789811219832_0023

B. Nicolescu

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Societal Self-observation in the Time of Datafication: Interfunctional Analysis of the Chilean Open Data Web Portal 数据化时代的社会自我观察:智利开放数据门户网站的交互功能分析

Cybern. Hum. Knowing Pub Date : 2020-09-18 DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/s7z8w

Maximilian Heimstädt

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引用次数: 2

Ten Systems: Toward a Canon of Function Systems 十大系统:走向功能系统的经典

Cybern. Hum. Knowing Pub Date : 2015-10-31 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2508950

Steffen Roth, Anton Schütz

引用次数: 79

The Be-ing of Objects 客体的存在

Cybern. Hum. Knowing Pub Date : 2015-01-29 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2557255

D. Baecker

引用次数: 1

Aristotle and George Spencer-Brown 亚里士多德和乔治·斯宾塞-布朗

Cybern. Hum. Knowing Pub Date : 2012-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2073361

D. Baecker