Dokument: The Obvious in a Nutshell: Science, Medicine, Knowledge, and History
| Titel: | The Obvious in a Nutshell: Science, Medicine, Knowledge, and History | |||||||
| URL für Lesezeichen: | https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=73861 | |||||||
| URN (NBN): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:061-20260707-125218-8 | |||||||
| Kollektion: | Publikationen | |||||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | |||||||
| Dokumententyp: | Wissenschaftliche Texte » Artikel, Aufsatz | |||||||
| Medientyp: | Text | |||||||
| Autoren: | De Sio, Fabio [Autor] Fangerau, Heiner [Autor] | |||||||
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| Stichwörter: | research , History , education , knowledge , relevance , science , medicine | |||||||
| Beschreibung: | The scope and mission of the history of science have been con-
stant objects of reflection and debate within the profession. Recently, Lor- raine Daston has called for a shift of focus: from the history of science to the history of knowledge. Such a move is an attempt at broadening the field and ridding it of the contradictions deriving from its modernist myth of origin and principle of demarcation. Taking the move from a pluralistic concept of medicine, the present paper explores the actual and possible contributions that a history of knowledge can offer to the history of medi- cine in particular. As we will argue, the history of medicine has always been a history of knowledge, but for good reasons has always stuck to the con- cept of medicine as its object and problem throughout the ages, including the modern, scientific one. We argue that, in the history of medicine, the demarcation between scientific and non-scientific represents an accident, but is not foundational as in the case of natural science. Furthermore, the history of medicine programmatically played a role in at least two academ- ic domains (history proper and medical education), adjusting historical nar- ratives of medical knowledge to its audience. Accordingly, we underscore that the history of both science and medicine, as traditionally defined, al- ready provides room for almost the whole spectrum of approaches to his- tory. Moreover, their different myths of origin can, and indeed must, be in- cluded in the reflexivity of the historical gaze. We argue that the position towards a history of science, medicine, or knowledge is not a question of narrative or theory, rather, it is a question of relevance and awareness of extant contexts. | |||||||
| Rechtliche Vermerke: | Originalveröffentlichung:
De Sio, F., & Fangerau, H. (2019). The Obvious in a Nutshell: Science, Medicine, Knowledge, and History. Berichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 42(2–3), 167–185. https://doi.org/10.1002/bewi.201900001 | |||||||
| Lizenz: |  Dieses Werk ist lizenziert unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz | |||||||
| Fachbereich / Einrichtung: | Medizinische Fakultät | |||||||
| Dokument erstellt am: | 07.07.2026 | |||||||
| Dateien geändert am: | 07.07.2026 |
