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The Shapes of Knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
. Ed(S): Kelley, Donald R.; Popkin, R. H.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Kelley, Donald R.; Popkin, R. H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
The original idea for a conference on the "shapes of knowledge" dates back over ten years to conversations with the late Charles Schmitt of the Warburg Institute. What happened to the classifications of the sciences between the time of the medieval Studium and that of the French Encyclopedie is a complex and highly abstract question; but posing it is an effective way of mapping and evaluating long term intellectual changes, especially those arising from the impact of humanist scholarship, the new science of the seventeenth century, and attempts to evaluate, to apply, to reconcile, and to institutionalize these rival and ... Read more
The original idea for a conference on the "shapes of knowledge" dates back over ten years to conversations with the late Charles Schmitt of the Warburg Institute. What happened to the classifications of the sciences between the time of the medieval Studium and that of the French Encyclopedie is a complex and highly abstract question; but posing it is an effective way of mapping and evaluating long term intellectual changes, especially those arising from the impact of humanist scholarship, the new science of the seventeenth century, and attempts to evaluate, to apply, to reconcile, and to institutionalize these rival and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401054270
SKU
V9789401054270
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