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Abstract
The paper proceeds from a perspective on scientific objects - epistemic things - that is grounded in an approach to characterize the dynamics of the empirical sciences centered on experimental systems. Accordingly, the paper begins with a brief characterization of the concept of ‘experimental system’ and its basic features. It includes an exposition of the notion of ‘epistemic thing’ and its counterpart, the ‘technical object.’ The second part of the paper concentrates on the relation between epistemic things and scientific concepts. They can be addressed, first, from the perspective of the problem of reference, and second, the problem of embodiment.
