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Pattern recognition has been plagued since its beginnings by the elusiveness of its very nature, permeated as it is by a scientific as well as an engineering outlook, and over the years a debate has taken place among scholars aimed at clarifying its role and function. In this paper, we would like to reopen the discussion around the nature of pattern recognition research in the light of some recent...