A modern development and

belief A belief is an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false. To believe something is to take ...

that the progress of

knowledge Knowledge can be defined as Descriptive knowledge, awareness of facts or as Procedural knowledge, practical skills, and may also refer to Knowledge by acquaintance, familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called pro ...

is the result of distinct and independent spheres, and that knowledge in one discipline has little connection with knowledge in another discipline. Thus, ''specialists'' pursue their work in isolation from one another rather than as aspects of a unity or whole.

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