The evolution of knowledge : rethinking science for the Anthropocene
by Renn, Jürgen, 1956- (Author)
Summary
This book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution. Jurgen Renn examines the role of knowledge in global transformations going back to the dawn o... Full description
- The story of this book
- Part 1: What is science? What is knowledge? History of science in the Anthropocene ; Elements of a historical theory of human knowledge
- Part 2: How knowledge structures change. The historical nature of abstraction and representation ; Structural changes in systems of knowledge ; External representations at work ; Mental models at work ; The nature of scientific revolutions
- Part 3: How knowledge structures affect society and vice versa. The economy of knowledge ; An economy of practical knowledge ; Knowledge economies in history
- Part 4: How knowledge spreads. The globalization of knowledge in history ; The multiple origins of the natural sciences ; Epistemic networks
- Part 5: On what knowledge our future depends. Epistemic evolution ; Exodus from the Holocene ; Knowledge for the Anthropocene ; Science and the challenges of huumanity.