Annotation:The Concepts of Adaptation and Viability in a Radical Constructivist Theory of Knowledge/X31tr60n6q

Annotation of	The_Concepts_of_Adaptation_and_Viability_in_a_Radical_Constructivist_Theory_of_Knowledge
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Last Modification Date	2019-03-29T16:45:02.781Z
Last Modification User	User:Sarah Oberbichler
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