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Glossary of Morphology

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Phenomenology and ontology. In the Goethean project of morphology, some basic theoretical lines can be seen which have not ceased to profoundly influence the further development of methodological reflection on living forms and their becoming, on the relationships between form and image, and not least on the configurations of knowledge in the light of the decisive encounter with form and image.

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  2. Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Torino, via Sant’Ottavio 20, 10124, Torino, Italy

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Tedesco, S., Vercellone, F. (2020). Morphology . In: Vercellone, F., Tedesco, S. (eds) Glossary of Morphology. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51324-5_80

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