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Informationen zum Autor Lukas M. Verburgt is Gerda Henkel Stiftung Research Scholar and affiliated to the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), the Netherlands. Klappentext Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently at the top of the discipline's methodological agenda. In its chapters, established and emerging scholars introduce and discuss new approaches to the history of science and revisit older perspectives which remain crucial. Each chapter is followed by a critical commentary from another scholar in the field and the author's response. The volume looks at such topics as the importance of the 'global', 'digital', 'environmental', and 'posthumanist' turns for the history of science, and the possibilities for the field of moving beyond a focus on ideas and texts towards active engagement with materials and practices. It also addresses important issues about the relationship between history of science, on the one hand, and philosophy of science, history of knowledge and ignorance studies, on the other. With its innovative format, this volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative overview of the field, and also explores how and why the history of science is practiced. It is essential reading for students and scholars eager to keep a finger on the pulse of what is happening in the history of science today, and to contribute to where it might go next. Vorwort An up-to-date overview of contemporary debates and developments in the history of science and historiography Zusammenfassung Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently at the top of the discipline’s methodological agenda. In its chapters, established and emerging scholars introduce and discuss new approaches to the history of science and revisit older perspectives which remain crucial. Each chapter is followed by a critical commentary from another scholar in the field and the author’s response. The volume looks at such topics as the importance of the ‘global’, ‘digital’, ‘environmental’, and ‘posthumanist’ turns for the history of science, and the possibilities for the field of moving beyond a focus on ideas and texts towards active engagement with materials and practices. It also addresses important issues about the relationship between history of science, on the one hand, and philosophy of science, history of knowledge and ignorance studies, on the other. With its innovative format, this volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative overview of the field, and also explores how and why the history of science is practiced. It is essential reading for students and scholars eager to keep a finger on the pulse of what is happening in the history of science today, and to contribute to where it might go next. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Introduction: History of Science - Past, Present, Future, Lukas M. Verburgt (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Netherlands) 1. Global History of Science, James Poskett (University of Warwick, UK) a. Comment: Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh (University of Cambridge and Royal Institution, UK) b. Response: James Poskett (University of Warwick, UK) 2. Gender History of Science, Donald L. Opitz (DePaul University, USA) a. Comment: Joanna Wharton (University of York, UK) b. Response: Donald L. Opitz (DePaul University, USA) 3. Post/Decolonial History of Science and STS, Suman Seth(Cornell University, USA) a. Comment: Meredith Alberta Palmer (Cornell University, USA) b. Response: Suman Seth & Meredith Alberta Palmer (both Cornell University, USA) 4. Neo-Kantian/Post-Kuhnian History and Philosophy of Science, Lydia ...
