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Prolegómenos para una crítica de la razón problemática. Motivos en Vico y Ortega. Preludes to a Critique of Problematic Reason. Motives in Vico and Ortega José Luis Villalpando Ortega En-claves del Pensamiento, vol. VIII, núm. 16, julio-diciembre, 2014, pp. 221-226.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de
México Distrito Federal, México
En-claves del Pensamiento,
ISSN (Versión impresa): 1870-879X
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[email protected]
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México
México
José Manuel Sevilla, Prolegómenos para una crítica de la razón
problemática. Motivos en Vico y Ortega, Anthropos Editorial y
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, México,
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