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Concepts as Technologies: On the Use of Concepts in Biomedical Practice
Concepts have often been described as or in analogy with technologies. Expressions such as technical term, term of art, conceptual tools, or, more rec
Premodern History of Signification: Putting Experiences into Words, Images, and Signs
Reflections on signs and procedures of signifying had a profound impact on a wide range of early scientific practices across the globe, from medi
Experience, Philosophy, and Expertise: The Foundations of Syriac Medicine
Bar ʿAlī (ninth century CE) was the most important lexicographer of Syriac medical science. As a student of Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq, he is one of the key figu
History of Science Reader
The disciplines of the history of science, medicine, and technology are rethinking themselves in global terms. Part of this process involves questioni
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The companion volume translates into English an analogous selection of articles in Chinese chosen by our colleagues in those countries, into English.,
Publications
The History of Science Reader Project encompasses three publications, two drawing on articles published initially in English, and one
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Zeit Online on Dirk Wintergruen becoming one of three new directors at Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Go to article (German)Dirk Wintergruen wird einer von drei neuen Vorständen der Klassik Stiftung Weimar, so Zeit Online
Go to article (German)Monique Nagel-Angermann
Monique Nagel-Angermann studied Sinology and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Archaeology at t...
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Scott Cook
Scott Cook 顧史考 is Tan Chin Tuan Professor of Chinese Studies at Yale-NUS Colle...
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Knowledge in Translation: Linnaeus and Other Knowledges
I will use my stay at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science to pursue two interrelated research projects. The first, in collaboration wi
The Logic of Experience in the Medieval Hebrew Philosophical Tradition
Following Arabic interpretations of Aristotelian logic, medieval Hebrew logicians considered things apprehended directly by the senses or by the intel