Volume 18 · Number 1 ·
Pages 087–089
Nelson Monteiro Vaz’s Contributions to Immunology
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Abstract
Open peer commentary on the article “Maturanian Observer-Dependent Immunology” by Nelson Monteiro Vaz. Abstract: I highlight Vaz’s contributions to the field of immunology and the radical invitation of his proposal to think about the implication of the observer in the construction and investigation of immunology, as an object of knowledge, in language. Luiz Andrade
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Andrade L. A. B. (2022) Nelson monteiro vaz’s contributions to immunology. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 087–089. https://constructivist.info/18/1/087
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