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Cognition is ... not an individual process of any theoretical particular conciousness. Rather it is the result of a social activity, since the existing stock of knowledge exceeds the range available to any one individual.
Ludwik Fleck
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Ludwik Fleck
Age: 64 †
Born: 1896
Born: July 11
Died: 1961
Died: June 5
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Lemberg
Austria
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