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Gabriel Ciscar y Ciscar and the Decimal Metric System 加布里埃尔·西斯卡《西斯卡与十进制公制

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10022-3

J. A. Nescolarde-Selva, L. Segura-Abad, H. Gash

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The Structure of the Newton’s Principia Geneva Edition ([1739–1742] 1822), Special Issue 《牛顿原理日内瓦版的结构》（[1739-1742]1822），特刊

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10007-2

Raffaele Pisano, Paolo Bussotti, Elisa Belotti

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Science and the Arts: Possible Intersections and New trajectories. Introduction to the Special Issue 科学与艺术：可能的交叉点和新的轨迹。特刊简介

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10026-z

Damiano Cantone, Andrea Colombo

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Art and Individuation: a Processual Framework for Aesthetic Form and Perception 艺术与个性化：审美形式与感知的过程框架

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10008-1

Seyed Kiarash Sadat Rafiei, Mahsa Asadi Anar

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A New Priority for Neuroaesthetics Research: the Reifying View 神经美学研究的新重点：物化观

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10010-7

Ian Verstegen

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The Forgotten Voice: Antonio Meucci and the Origins of Telecommunication Technology 被遗忘的声音：安东尼奥·梅奇和电信技术的起源

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10019-y

Riccardo Meucci

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Beyond Bayesian Accuracy: Skill, Abduction, and the Free Energy Principle in Normative Rationality 超越贝叶斯的准确性：规范理性中的技能、溯因和自由能原理

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10013-4

Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Majid D. Beni

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A Deflationary View of Capacities and Anthropic Thinking 能力与人类思维的通缩观

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10017-0

Milan M. Cirkovic

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Life as History: The Perpetual Dichotomy of Biology 生命如历史：生物学永恒的二分法

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10016-1

Hippokratis Kiaris

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From Practice To Theory: Three Types of Influence of Quantum Technology on Quantum Mechanics and its Foundations 从实践到理论：量子技术对量子力学及其基础的三种影响

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Foundations of Science Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10699-025-10003-6

Thijs M.K. Latten, Martin Sand, Pieter E. Vermaas

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