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The Shaping of Generality in the Emergence of Enumerative Geometry (1852–1900)
At the outset of the second half of the nineteenth century, geometers belonging to the so-called “synthetic tradition” began discovering the propertie
A New History of Medieval Science: Knowledge and Its Objects in Latin Europe and the Islamicate World, 750–1650
The goal of this project is to continue work on a book on the history of medieval Arabic and Latin science, co-authored with Ahmed Ragab of the Depart
Discovery and Justification: Revisiting a Precarious Distinction
Originally, the distinction between the contexts of discovery and justification was introduced to mark the difference between empirical studies of sci
Publications, Schickore, Jutta & Friedrich Steinle (eds.). Revisiting Discovery and Justification. Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on the Context Distinction, New York: Springer, 2006.
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Institute's Colloquium 2018–19
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The Dark Glass: Alchemy in Image, Text, and Practice
This project investigates how early modern alchemists used images to explain unseen processes. Dynamic chemical processes, involving change at a level
The Rise of the New Mandarins: The Story of the Geistkreis from Vienna to the New-World, 1920–1980
This project traces the story of the Viennese Geistkreis. An intellectual circle of (mainly law) students, which was gathered together by two friends—
Max-Planck-Tag, 14. September 14 2018
Forschung ist Neugier: Veranstaltungen in ganz Deutschland zum Max-Planck-Tag, 14. September 2018
Aug 29, 2018Research Is Curiosity! Join Us for Max Planck Day on September 14, 2018
Research is curiosity! Events across Germany for Max Planck Day, September 14, 2018
Aug 29, 2018Generations of Reason
"Generations of Reason" follows the path of reason blazed by three generations of an English family from the middle of the eighteenth to the end of th