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Macromemetics: Towards a framework for the re-unification of philosophy. / Gatherer, D.
In: Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997, p. 58-74.

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Gatherer, D 1997, 'Macromemetics: Towards a framework for the re-unification of philosophy', Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 58-74. <http://cfpm.org/jom-emit/1997/vol1/gatherer_dg.html>

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Gatherer, D. (1997). Macromemetics: Towards a framework for the re-unification of philosophy. Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission, 1(1), 58-74. http://cfpm.org/jom-emit/1997/vol1/gatherer_dg.html

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Gatherer D. Macromemetics: Towards a framework for the re-unification of philosophy. Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. 1997;1(1):58-74.

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Gatherer, D. / Macromemetics : Towards a framework for the re-unification of philosophy. In: Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. 1997 ; Vol. 1, No. 1. pp. 58-74.

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