Principles Scientifiques, Principes Philosophiques
A principle is a starting point of departure as well as a rule. In science principles are either alleged evident rules or generalizations of already accepted laws, or formal determinations for objects in a given domain. Thus two problems arise: first, does their nature have a conventional character?...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
1999-06-01
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Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/18258/17130 |