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The evolution of knowledge, rethinking science for the anthropocene, Jürgen Renn

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The evolution of knowledge, rethinking science for the anthropocene, Jürgen Renn

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The evolution of knowledge

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electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

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1298711927

Responsibility statement

Jürgen Renn

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De Gruyter eBooks

Sub title

rethinking science for the anthropocene

Table Of Contents

The story of this book -- Part 1: What is science? What is knowledge? History of science in the Anthropocene ; Elements of a historical theory of human knowledge -- Part 2: How knowledge structures change. The historical nature of abstraction and representation ; Structural changes in systems of knowledge ; External representations at work ; Mental models at work ; The nature of scientific revolutions -- Part 3: How knowledge structures affect society and vice versa. The economy of knowledge ; An economy of practical knowledge ; Knowledge economies in history -- Part 4: How knowledge spreads. The globalization of knowledge in history ; The multiple origins of the natural sciences ; Epistemic networks -- Part 5: On what knowledge our future depends. Epistemic evolution ; Exodus from the Holocene ; Knowledge for the Anthropocene ; Science and the challenges of huumanity

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