History of knowledge

The history of knowledge deals with the knowledge that has accumulated in the course of human history , as well as its historical forms, focuses, accumulation, carriers, effects, mediation, distribution, applications, social contexts, conditions and production methods. It is related to the history of science and the history of philosophy and includes all fields of knowledge discovery, such as logic , philosophy , mathematics , science , sociology , psychology , data mining, etc.

See also

• Written tradition
• Knowledge transfer
• Knowledge management
• Knowledge society
• Sociology of knowledge
• Digital revolution
• Center for the history of knowledge

Web links

• Berlin Center for the History of Knowledge
• History of knowledge at the University of Münster

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philipp Sarasin : What is the history of knowledge? In: Walter Erhart, Norbert Bachleitner, Christian Begemann, Gangolf Hübinger (eds.): International Archive for the Social History of German Literature (IASL) . tape 36 , no. 1 , January 2011, doi : 10.1515 / iasl.2011.010 ( zgw.ethz.ch [PDF; accessed on March 7, 2017]).
2. ^ High and Late Middle Ages / Western European History - History of Knowledge. In: uni-muenster.de. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, History teaching unit at the University of Münster, accessed on March 7, 2017 .