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The Environmental Crisis as a Good Case for an Intellectual and Practical Integration Between Philosophy and Science

Donato Bergandi (2013) The Structural Links Between Ecology, Evolution, and Ethics: The Virtuous Epistemic Circle. Springer, Dordrecht, ISBN: 978-94-007-5066-1, 179 pp, $159.00 (Hardback)

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Nunes-Neto, N.F. The Environmental Crisis as a Good Case for an Intellectual and Practical Integration Between Philosophy and Science. Sci & Educ 24, 1285–1299 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-015-9766-6

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