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[Essay] The Structures of Human Life Ben G. Yacobi Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.2 (August 2024):54-70 [ Abstract ] [ PDF ] Open Access

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Bertold Bernreuter, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Thaddeus Metz, University of Pretoria, South Africa Christian Steineck, University of Zurich, Switzerland Mark Zlomislic, Conestoga College, Canada

Bibliographic Data

Title : Journal of Philosophy of Life ISSN : 2185-4505 Place of Publication : School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan. (Former Place of Publication: Research Institute for Environmental Philosophy and Philosophical Anthropology, Research Organization for the 21st Century , Osaka Prefecture University. Gakuencho 1-1, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 5998531 Japan). Publisher : Waseda Institute of Life and Death Studies, Waseda University. Editor-in-chief : Masahiro Morioka Email : journal[a]philosophyoflife.org *The first issue of the journal was published on March 24, 2011. This website was established on April 9, 2010.

Journal of Philosophy of Life (Publisher ) ISBN :978-4-9908668(0-8/1-5/2-2/3-9/4-6/5-3/6-0/7-7/8-4/9-1) Place of Publication : School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan.