INTRODUCTION PRACTICES OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE FIGURE OF THE SCHOLAR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

The present volume contains a collection of presentations delivered at a conference on the occasion of the 300th birthday of Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777). The conference paid tribute to Haller as more than an individual; going beyond biographical treatment, it took this outstanding representative...

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Published inScholars in Action (2 vols) p. 1
Main Authors André Holenstein, Hubert Steinke, Martin Stuber
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published BRILL 01.09.2013
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Summary:The present volume contains a collection of presentations delivered at a conference on the occasion of the 300th birthday of Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777). The conference paid tribute to Haller as more than an individual; going beyond biographical treatment, it took this outstanding representative of the scholarly world of the eighteenth century as a starting point and reference point for exploring systematic issues in the early modern history of science and scholarship.¹ The theme of the conference was scholars and their practices of knowledge in the eighteenth century. Based on this theme, the conference linked, in heuristic and conceptual
ISBN:9789004243903
9004243909
DOI:10.1163/j.ctv1sr6k3v.6