Abstract
The Computational Metaphor is an extremely influential notion, and more than any other trend has given rise to the field of Cognitive Science. Environmentalism is at present better formalised as a political movement than as a scientific paradigm, despite significant research by Gibson and his followers. This article attempts to address the difficult problem of synthesising these two apparently antagonistic research paradigms.
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Nolan, J. The computational metaphor and environmentalism. AI & Soc 6, 50–61 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02472769
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