World of Patterns A Global History of Knowledge

"Though fields such as art history, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history have been around for a long time, the author's interest is in the history of what scholars in all of these fields are doing in common. This book looks beyond the humanities to the practice of discipline...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bod, Rens, 1965- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
2022.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649785506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: The most beautiful thing about knowledge
  • Introduction. Understanding the world through patterns and principles
  • The awareness of patterns : prehistory
  • The explosion of patterns and the awareness of principles : early antiquity
  • The explosion of principles and the awareness of deductions : classical antiquity
  • The reduction of principles : post-classical period
  • The discovery of patterns in deductions : the modern era
  • Conclusion: The origin, growth, and future of knowledge.