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Diderot and Dialogue: Reflections on the Stockholm Conference

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Skill, Technology and Enlightenment: On Practical Philosophy

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Faced with the daunting task of offering summary reflections on a diet of dialogue as rich and varied as that on which we have been feasting, I shall make some brief remarks under the five headings: acting, the wisdom of grandparents, rules and reasoning, the end of Enlightenment, and the future of dialogue.

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  1. Swedish Center for Working Life, Box 5606, S-11486, Sweden

    Bo Göranzon (Mathematician and Researcher) (Mathematician and Researcher)

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Lash, N. (1995). Diderot and Dialogue: Reflections on the Stockholm Conference. In: Göranzon, B. (eds) Skill, Technology and Enlightenment: On Practical Philosophy. Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3001-7_35

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