Where does our undestanding of life come from? The riddle about recognizing living things

Philosophy and Public Issues - Filosofia E Questioni Pubbliche (2015)
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The essay discusses Michael Thompson's original way of combining Aristotle and Frege in understanding life and, more specifically, biological species. His approach is compared with different styles of thought of hermeneutical or phenomenological leaning.

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