The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte) is a scientific research institute founded in March 1994. It is dedicated to addressing fundamental questions of the history of knowledge from the Neolithic era to the present day, and its researchers pursue a historical epistemology in their study of how new categories of thought, proof, and experience have emerged in interactions between the sciences and their ambient cultures.

Organization

The MPIWG comprises three departments and several independent research groups. The departments are: * "Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge," directed by

Jürgen Renn Jürgen Renn (born 11 July 1956 in Moers, West Germany) is a German historian of science, and since 1994 Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Short biography Renn studied physics at the Free University of Be ...

* "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life," directed b
Etienne Benson
* "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge," directed by Dagmar Schäfer Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, who headed Department III from 1995 to 2014, and Lorraine Daston, who headed Department II from 1995 to 2019, remain at the MPIWG as emerita. The Research Groups are: * "Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences," led b
Lara Keuck
* "China in the Global System of Science," led b
Anna L. Ahlers
* "Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program," led b
Alexander Blum
* "Experience in the Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body ca. 800–1650," led b
Katja Krause
In addition are groups and programs focusing on: * Research IT and Digital Humanities * Computational History of Science The Institute also comprises doctoral students, and research and teaching cooperations with other institutions worldwide.

Journalists in Residence

The institute has a Journalist-in-Residence program..

Reference

External links

* Organisations based in Berlin

History of Science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

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