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How Reason Became Rationality
In the second half of the twentieth century, in the works of philosophers, mathematicians, engineers, and social scientists, the faculty of reason was
Strangelovean Sciences
As part of the Working Group "Cold War Rationality," Paul Erickson's work explores the development and spread of mathematical theories of rationa
Character Drives: Vitality and the Victorian Novel
Literary historians have long aligned the emergence of the English novel with the rise of individualism in Europe. As scholars argue, with its focus o
European Conceptions of the “New Man,” 1880–1930
Stefanos Geroulanos' project focused on European intellectual and cultural history, a broad study of the trope of a “New Man”—the fantasy of a regener
The Social Origins of Life Science Disciplines in Nineteenth-Century Germany
It has long been asserted that changing political and social conditions during the early nineteenth century played an important role in first encourag
Bringing Chymistry into Shape: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Daniel Sennert (1572-1637)
In this dissertation project "Bringing Chymistry into Shape: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Daniel Sennert (1572–1637)," Joel
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"An seinen Werkzeugen besitzt der Mensch die Macht über die äußere Natur ...". Hegels Rezeption des techne-Begriffs in seiner Logik
Sensing Data: Rethinking Embodied Knowledge
Generations of historians of science have engaged with the notion of “tacit knowledge” in scientific change. However, they either deny the usefulness
The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
The creation of canons of written texts—religious, literary, philosophical, scientific—is a feature of numerous literate cultures from ancient times t
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Imperial Systematization of the Past: Textual Practices and Canon Formation at the Byzantine Court
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," the purpose of András Németh's research was to reconsider the improv
Publications, Németh, A. (2014). Fragments from the Earliest Parchment Manuscript of Eustratius’ Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Revue d’histoire des textes 9, 51–78., More, Németh, A. (2013). The Imperial Systematisation of the Past in Constantinople: Constantine VII and his Historical Excerpts. In König, J. and Woolf, G. (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia from Antiquity to the Enlightenment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.