H L Ne Metzger Historian And Historiographer Of The Sciences
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An Introduction to the Historiography of Science
Author | : Helge Kragh |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0521389216 |
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This book introduces the methodological and philosophical problems with which modern history of science is concerned, offering a comprehensive and critical review through description and evaluation of significant historiographical viewpoints. Incorporating discussion of key problems in general historical writing, with examples drawn from a range of disciplines, this non-elementary introduction bridges the gap between general history and history of science. Following a review of the early development of the history of science, the theory of history as applied to science history is introduced, examining the basic problems which this generates, including problems of periodisation, ideological functions, and the conflict between diachronical and anachronical historiography. Finally, the book considers the critical use, and analysis, of historical sources, and the possibility of the experiemental reconstruction of history. Aimed primarily at students, the book's broad scope and integration of historical, philosophical and scientific matters will interest philosophers, sociologists and general historians, for whom there is no alternative introduction to the subject at this level.
Functions and Uses of Disciplinary Histories
Author | : Loren Graham,Wolf Lepenies,P. Weingart |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9789400970359 |
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Edward Gibbon's allegation at the beginning of his Essay on the Study of Literature (1764) that the history of empires is that of the miseries of humankind whereas the history of the sciences is that of their splendour and happiness has for a long time been accepted by professional scientists and by historians of science alike. For its practitioner, the history of a discipline displayed above all the always difficult but fmally rewarding approach to a truth which was incorporated in the discipline in its actual fonn. Looking back, it was only too easy to distinguish those who erred and heretics in the field from the few forerunners of true science. On the one hand, the traditional history of science was told as a story of hero and hero worship, on the other hand it was, paradoxically enough, the constant attempt to remind the scientist whom he should better forget. It is not surprising at all therefore that the traditional history of science was a field of only minor interest for the practitioner of a distinct scientific diSCipline or specialty and at the same time a hardly challenging task for the professional historian. Nietzsche had already described the historian of science as someone who arrives late after harvest-time: it is somebody who is only a tolerated guest at the thanksgiving dinner of the scientific community .
University of Nebraska Lincoln Catalog GRADUATE
Author | : University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Graduate College/Graduate Studies |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112112226342 |
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History and Religion
Author | : Bernd-Christian Otto,Susanne Rau,Jörg Rüpke |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783110437256 |
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History is one of the most important cultural tools to make sense of one’s situation, to establish identity, define otherness, and explain change. This is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion, taking into account religious groups both as producers of historical narratives as well as distinct topics of historiography. Coming from different disciplines, the authors of this volume ask under which conditions and with what consequences religions are historicised. How do religious groups employ historical narratives in the construction of their identities? What are the biases and elisions of current analytical and descriptive frames in the History of Religion? The volume aims at initiating a comparative historiography of religion and combines disciplinary competences of Religious Studies and the History of Religion, Confessional Theologies, History, History of Science, and Literary Studies. By applying literary comparison and historical contextualization to those texts that have been used as central documents for histories of individual religions, their historiographic themes, tools and strategies are analysed. The comparative approach addresses circum-Mediterranean and European as well as Asian religious traditions from the first millennium BCE to the present and deals with topics such as the origins of religious historiography, the practices of writing and the transformation of narratives.
Weighing Imponderables and Other Quantitative Science Around 1800
Author | : J. L. Heilbron |
Publsiher | : University of California, Office for History of Science & Technology |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : UOM:39015049370235 |
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The Atlantic Forest
Author | : Marcia C. M. Marques,Carlos E. V. Grelle |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2021-01-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030553227 |
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The Atlantic Forest is one of the 36 hotspots for biodiversity conservation worldwide. It is a unique, large biome (more than 3000 km in latitude; 2500 in longitude), marked by high biodiversity, high degree of endemic species and, at the same time, extremely threatened. Approximately 70% of the Brazilian population lives in the area of this biome, which makes the conflict between biodiversity conservation and the sustainability of the human population a relevant issue. This book aims to cover: 1) the historical characterization and geographic variation of the biome; 2) the distribution of the diversity of some relevant taxa; 3) the main threats to biodiversity, and 4) possible opportunities to ensure the biodiversity conservation, and the economic and social sustainability. Also, it is hoped that this book can be useful for those involved in the development of public policies aimed at the conservation of this important global biome.
Forthcoming Books
Author | : Rose Arny |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 996 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : UOM:39015046790948 |
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The War of the American Revolution
Author | : Robert W. Coakley,Stetson Conn,Center of Military History |
Publsiher | : Militarybookshop.CompanyUK |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1780394438 |
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