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Teoria e pratica dei confini
Sistemi Intelligenti 17 (3):399–418 (2005)
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Are there any bona fide boundaries, i.e., boundaries that carve at the joints? Or is any boundary—hence any object—the result of a fiat articulation reflecting our cognitive biases and our social practices and conventions? Does the choice between these two options amount to a choice between realism and wholesome relativism?Author's Profile
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