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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, USA

    Robert C. Richardson

  2. Institute for Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany

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Richardson, R.C., Stephan, A. Emergence. Biol Theory 2, 91–96 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2007.2.1.91

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