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Prof. Dr. Ludger Jansen
Principal Investigator, "Learning from Nature" (DFG)
Adjunct Professor, Institut für Philosophie
Universität Rostock
D-18051 Rostock
Cusanus Chair for Philosophy
Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Brixen|Studio Teologico Accademico Bressanone
Seminarplatz 4|Piazza Seminario
I-39042 Brixen|Bressanone
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