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For this initial conference of the program on The Philosophy of Science in a European perspective, the Steering Committee suggested an overview of the topics of Team C to be discussed during the five years of this project. The broad title – “Trends and Problems in Philosophy of Social and Cultural Sciences: A European Perspective” – was a way of meeting the aim suggested. Thus, the original focus was to offer some philosophical remarks in terms of possible lines of discussion in this common endeavor.1 But this task requires previous reflection on the general framework: the kind of analysis to be developed and on what might be considered as “a European perspective”.
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GonzáLez, W.J. (2010). Trends and Problems in Philosophy of Social and Cultural Sciences: A European Perspective. In: Stadler, F. (eds) The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science. The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9115-4_18
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