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4 juillet 2018
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existential conception of science history of science philosophy of science science and technology studies social sciences sociology of scientific knowledge History & Philosophy Of Science PHI018000 HPCF3Sujets proches
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Jeff Kochan, « Chapter Five. Mathēsis and the Emergence of Early-Modern Science », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.9ao751
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1. Introduction Place a grain of wheat on the ground in front of you. Does this amount to a heap of grain? No, of course not. So, add a second grain. Is it a heap now? No. A third grain? No. A fourth grain? No. A fifth grain? No. And so it goes also after a sixth grain, a seventh grain, an eight grain, and a ninth grain. When a tenth grain is added, we still do not have a heap. But we do have a pattern. The pattern is this: if some grains do not make a heap, then adding one more grain will no...