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. Résumé, Cet article éclaire trois contributions possibles du cas d'exception défini comme tout objet de considération qui se démarque et se distingue d'un cadre normatif, d'une thèse explicative ou d'une distribution fréquentielle. La contribution est critique lorsque le cas met en doute les fondements d'une taxonomie