runs slap up against

Italian translation: si scontrano/cozzano in pieno contro

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English term or phrase:	runs slap up against
Italian translation:	si scontrano/cozzano in pieno contro
Entered by:	Danila Moro

14:31 Jan 15, 2015

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Medical - Philosophy / Filosofia della scienza

English term or phrase: runs slap up against

A natural response to the failure of foundationalism is to blame the foundations in
question, to say ‘sure, those chaps got it wrong, they had the wrong foundations; but
in seeking foundations in the first place they had the right idea—so give us one more
go then, and this time we’ll get it right!’. This response however *runs slap up against*
the second reason, the theoretical reason, why foundations are not all they are cracked
up to be, namely that foundations in mathematics and science at least, are simply not
to be had.

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scontrarsi in pieno (lett.: andare a sbattere) / essere inconciliabile

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:-)

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Note added at 16 mins (2015-01-15 14:47:48 GMT)
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io la trovo piuttosto al negativo, l'espressione...
tipo:

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Victor Canning - 2013 - ‎Fiction
And yet here he was sweating away and, except for moments like this, never facing the fact that one day soon he was going to run slap up against a brick wall ...

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29.10.2002 - That's where economics seems to run slap up against sustainability.

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oh, sì, "cozzare", ecco cosa mi sfuggiva! :-)))

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AdamiAkaPataflo
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Local time: 06:43

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avevo cercato solo slap up, ed erano tutte espressioni positive....
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scontrarsi in pieno (lett.: andare a sbattere) / essere inconciliabile

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scontrarsi in pieno (lett.: andare a sbattere) / essere inconciliabile

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Italian
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avevo cercato solo slap up, ed erano tutte espressioni positive....

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Asker: ho pensato anch'io così, ma quel slap up (che di solito è usato in senso positivo) mi lascia un po' perplessa.

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