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- According to Sarton, history offers scientists a critical point of view that allows them to understand the interrelations among different disciplines and approaches and therefore helps them to overcome the dangers of mere “empiricism.”
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Nov 19, 2021 · Why the History of Science Should Matter to Scientists. Two historians consider the field of taxonomy to ask what history can provide science at the bench level. Amphibians of La Escalera Region, Southeastern Venezuela. via Wikimedia Commons. By: Olivia Box. November 19, 2021. 3 minutes.
If we truly want history of science to have a broader impact in everyday science and with practicing scientists, we need to get beyond sweeping views and look at particular cases and their implications.
Here we argue that in areas of science that involve crossing disciplinary boundaries, the history of the discipline(s), their problems and methods, and, most important, the history of their conceptual development are crucial parts of the science itself.
- Jane Maienschein, Manfred Dietrich Laubichler, Andrea Loettgers
- 2008
does the nature of the past constrain our knowledge? How does history matter for knowing? Our central question, then, concerns the relationship between history and knowledge.
Nov 4, 2009 · The history of science is neither a distraction from “real” science nor even merely a help to science. Rather, the history of science is an essential part of each science. Seeing that this is so requires a broader understanding of both history and science.
- Richard Creath
- Creath@asu.edu
- 2010
Jan 1, 2011 · Science and technology studies (STS) has perhaps provided the most ambitious set of challenges to the boundary separating history and philosophy of science since the 19th century idealists and positivists.
The history of science is neither a distraction from "real" science nor even merely a help to science. Rather, the history of science is an essential part of each science. Seeing that this is so requires a broader understanding of both history and science.
