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Il testo originale del "Peri phyton" è perduto, e il trattato che leggiamo in greco, edito per la prima volta nei "Geoponica" (1539), e incluso in tutte le edizioni del "Corpus Aristotelicum", a...

Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered...

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Le Rôle De La Mathématique Dans Le Projet D'unification Des Sciences Chez Jamblique / Francesco Romano -- Die Wissenschaftlichen Methoden Und Ihre Grundlegung In Jamblichs De Communi Mathematica...