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(with V. Savojardo) The New Mechanistic Philosophy and Michael Polanyi: A Comparison of two paradigms. Epistemologia. An Italian Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38(2015), pp. 113˗132
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The Agency Theory of Causality, Anthropomorphism, and Simultaneity. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2014, 28(4), pp. 375-395, DOI: 10.1080/02698595.2014.979668.
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Science, Philosophy, and Interfaith Understanding. In E. Agazzi (ed.), Science, metaphysics, religion, Angeli, Milano 2014, pp. 53-67.
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On Mathematical Thought Experiments, in Epistemologia. An Italian Journal for Philosophy of Science, XXXIV (2011), pp. 5-32.
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Le classificazioni storico-letterarie come problema epistemologico delle scienze umane [Literary-historical classifications as an epistemological and methodological problem in the humanities]. L’immagine riflessa, 20(2011), N. 1-2, pp. 85-104.
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The Unconscious as the Objet of the Human Sciences, as key speaker to the symposium «Relations entre les Sciences Naturelles et les Sciences Humaines» (Rovereto, 15-19 settembre 2008), in E. Agazzi and G. Di Bernardo (eds.), Relations between Natural Sciences and Human Sciences, Special Issue of Epistemologia. An Italian Journalfor the Philosophy of Sciences, 2010, pp. 227-246.
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Rethinking Popper and His Legacy. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 24 (2010), No. 3, pp. 309-321.
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Empirical Thought Experiments: A Transcendental and Operational View. Epistemologia. An Italian Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 33(2010), pp. 5-26.
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Das Verhältnis zwischen Experiment und Gedankenexperiment in den Naturwissenschaften [The relationship between experiment and thought experiment in the natural sciences]. Journal for General Philosophy of Science/ Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, 38(2007), pp. 219-237.
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Experiment and Theoretical Terms from an Operational Point of view, in F. Minazzi (ed.), Filosofia, Scienza e Bioetica nel dibattito contemporaneo. Studi internazionali in onore di Evandro Agazzi, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma 2007, pp. 439-451.
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Poppers methodologischer Individualismus und die Sozialwissenschaften [Poppers Methodological Individualism and the Social Sciences]. Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie/Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 35(2004), pp. 157-173.
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La psicologia fra scienza, tecnica ed ermeneutica [Psychology Between Science, Technology, and Hermeneutics]. Rivista di filosofia neo-scolastica, 94(2002), 471-490.
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The Operationalistic and Hermeneutic Status of Psychoanalysis. The Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 32(2001), 131-165.
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Popper, Brentano und der wissenschaftstheoretische Status der Humanwissenschaften [Popper, Brentano and the Epistemological and Methodological Status of the Human Sciences]. Brentano-Studien, 10(2002/2003), pp. 237-261.
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On Medicine as a Human Science. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 24(2003), 79-94.
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Medicine as a human science between the singularity of the patient and technical and scientific reproducibility, in Poiesis and Praxis, 1(2003), 171-184.
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Individualismo metodologico e mondo delle istituzioni in Popper [Methodological Individualism and the World of Institutions in Popper]. Nuova Civiltà delle macchine, 20, 2003, n. 3/4, pp. 79-88.
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On Allan Franklins Conjectural Realism, in Epistemologia, 23(2000), pp. 77-98.
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Ludwik Fleck e lo statuto epistemologico della medicina come scienza umana [Ludwik Fleck and the Epistemological and Methodological Status of Medicine as a Human Science], in G. Galli (ed.), Interpretazione e diagnosi. Scienze umane e medicina, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Pisa/Roma, 2000, pp. 19-77.
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Incommensurabilità, traducibilità e statuto del discorso epistemologico in Thomas Kuhn [Incommensurability, translatability and the status of epistemological discourse in Thomas Kuhn]. Epistemologia, 23(2000), 305-322.
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Sullo statuto epistemologico della grafologia come scienza umana [On the Epistemological and Methodological Status of Graphology as a Human Science], in G. Ceccarelli (ed.), Psicologia e grafologia: quale rapporto?, Angeli, Milano, 1998.
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La dedizione nella scienza contemporanea [Dedication in Contemporary Science: Epistemological and Methodological Reflections], in G. Galli (a cura di), Interpretazione e dedizione, Atti del XVIII Colloquio sulla interpretazione, Macerata, Università degli Studi di Macerata, 1998, pp. 93-104.
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Scienza, tecnica e persona umana [Science, Technology, and Human Person]. Giornale di Metafisica, 20(1998), 31-60.
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Person, Sprachgemeinschaft und Übersetzung [Person, Language Community, and Translation]. In: Aa.Vv., Individuo e rapporto comunitario nell’Europa alle soglie del terzo millennio Meran, Accademia di studi italo-tedeschi, 1997, pp. 473-483.
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Erkenntnistheoretische und ontologische Probleme der theoretischen Begriffe [Epistemological and Ontological Problems of Theoretical Concepts], Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 28(1997), 19-53.
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Assolutezza e storicità della persona [Absoluteness and Historicity of the Human Person], Idee, 12(1997), n. 34-35, pp. 151-164.
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Operazionismo, realismo e tecnica. Tre forme di operazionismo (Ian Hacking, Peter Janich ed Evandro Agazzi) [Operationalism, Realism, and Technology. Three Varieties of Operationalism (Ian Hacking, Peter Janich ed Evandro Agazzi], in L. Montecucco (ed.), Contesti filosofici della scienza, La Scuola, Brescia, 1997, pp. 179-195.
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Persona e trascendenza [Person and Transcendence], in A. Pieretti (ed.), Estraneità interiore e testimonianza. Studi in onore di Armando Rigobello, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Perugia, 1995, pp. 439-452.
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Sprachphilosophische und methodologische Probleme der Übersetzung [Problems of Translation from the Point of View of Philosophy of Language and Methodology] (as key speaker: opening paper in the plenary session of the International Congress Geisteswissenschaftliches und literarisches Übersetzen im internationalen Kulturaustausch, organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Sonthofen, 7-11 October 1991), in A.P. Frank, K.-J. Maaß, F. Paul and H. Turk (eds.), Übersetzen, verstehen, Brücken bauen. Geisteswissenschaftliches und literarisches Übersetzen im internationalen Kulturaustausch, Berlin, Schmidt, 1993, pp. 22-57.
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La sintassi logica del mondo, da un caffé viennese fine anni venti. La ricerca filosofica e il Circolo di Vienna [The Logical Syntax of the World, from a Viennese Café in the Late 1920s. Philosophical research and the Vienna Circle], in A. Rigobello (ed.), Interiorità e comunità. Esperienze di ricerca in filosofia, Studium, Roma, 1993, pp. 249-278.
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Truth and Technology. Validity and limits of instrumentalism [Truth and Technic. Validity and Limits of Instrumentalism] (Colloque Aspects et problèmes du conventionnalisme (Fribourg, 27-28.1.1989). In : G. Sommaruga-Rosolemos (ed.), Aspects et problèmes du conventionnalisme, Presses Universitaires Fribourg, Fribourg, 1992, pp. 43-56.
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Psicoanalisi, metodo scientifico e realtà individuale [Psychoanalysis, Scientific Method, and Individual Reality], Ricerca psicoanalitica, 3(1992), 95-118.
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Technical Realism, Indirect Realism and the Nature of Scientific Progress. In: Nuovi problemi della logica e della filosofia della scienza Vol. I, Clueb, Bologna, 1991, pp. 149-156.
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Zum Begriff der Person. Heidegger und Ricoeur [On the Idea of Person. Heidegger and Ricoeur] (International Congress Zur philosophischen Aktualität Heideggers (Bonn, 24.-27. April 1989). In: D. Papenfuss and O. Pöggeler (eds.), Zur philosophischen Aktualität Heideggers, Frankfurt a.M.,Klostermann, 1990, pp. 227-235.
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Brentano. Sprache, Ontologie und Person [Brentano. Language, Ontology, and Human Person] (Brentano-Konferenz zum 150. Geburtstag von Franz Brentano, Würzburg, 27.-30. April 1988). Brentano Studien, Bd. I (1988) (Würzburg: Röll, 1989), pp. 153-187.
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Operazionismo ed ermeneutica nella fondazione epistemologica della psicoanalisi [Operationalism and Hermeneutics in the Epistemological and Methodological Foundations of Psychoanalysis]. Epistemologia, 11(1988), pp. 61-100.
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Ermeneutica e libertà della persona in Paul Ricoeur [Hermeneutics and Freedom of the Human Person in Paul Ricoeur]. In: A. Rigobello (ed.), Soggetto e persona, Anicia, Roma, 1988, 171-192.
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Gewißheit und Wahrheit bei Popper [Certainty and Truth in Popper], in W. Baumgartner (ed.), Gewißheit und Gewissen. Festschrift für Franz Wiedmann zum 60. Geburtstag, Würzburg, Königshausen+Neumann, 1987, pp. 141-163.
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L’operazionismo e il problema dei termini teorici [Operationalism and the Problem of Theoretical Entities], Epistemologia, 9(1986), pp. 39-75.
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Alcuni sviluppi del popperismo in Italia [Some Developments of Popperism in Italy] (La filosofia della scienza in Italia nel Novecento, 15-17 marzo (1985). In: E. Agazzi (ed.), La filosofia della scienza in Italia nel 900, Angeli, Milano, 1986, pp. 445-458.
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Thomas S. Kuhn e il problema dell’oggettività scientifica [Thomas S. Kuhn and the Problem of Scientific Objectivity]. In: E. Agazzi, M. Mondadori e S. Tugnoli Pattaro (eds.), Atti del Congresso Logica e Filosofia della Scienza, oggi (S. Gimignano, 7-11 dicembre 1983), Clueb, Bologna, 1986, pp. 223-227.
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Incommensurabilità e problema della comunicazione nel linguaggio scientifico [Incommensurability and the Problem of Communication in Scientific Language]. In: Aa.Vv., I linguaggi della comunicazione, Atti del XXX Congresso per ricercatori universitari (Padova, 8-11 settembre 1985), Gregoriana, Padova, 1986, pp. 129-145.
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Filosofia e storiografia filosofica nell’interpretazione popperiana dei Presocratici [Philosophy and History of Philosophy in Poppers Interpretation of Pre-Socratic Philosophers], Bollettino della Società Filosofica italiana, NS, 1985, n. 126, pp. 28-43.
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L’epistemologia popperiana e lo statuto del discorso metafisico [Poppers Epistemology and the Status of Methaphysical Discourse], in Metafisica e scienze delluomo. Atti del VII Congresso Internazionale (Bergamo, 4-9 settembre 1980), Borla, Roma, 1982, Vol. I, pp. 421-432.
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La filosofia del linguaggio di fine 800 in Germania: F.M. Müller, G. Runze e G. Gerber [The philosophy of language at the end of the 19th century in Germany: F.M. Müller, G. Runze and G. Gerber], in Miscellanea Filosofica 1981 dell’Istituto di Filosofia dellUniversità di Genova, Le Monnier, Firenze, 1982, pp. 71-115
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Popper and the objectivity of historical science [Popper and Objectivity in Historical Disciplines], in Il Contributo, 5(1981), n. 1, pp. 3-20.
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Umanesimo e scienze sociali in Popper [Humanism and Social Sciences in Popper]. Sociologia, 14(1980), n. 3, pp. 49-92.