World of Patterns : A Global History of Knowledge / / Rens Bod.

• VerfasserIn: Bod, Rens, 1965-
• Place / Publishing House: Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

"Though fields such as art history, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history have been around for a long time, the author's interest is in the history of what scholars in all of these fields are doing in common. This book looks beyond the humanities to the practice of disciplined inquiry more generally, bringing together the history of the humanities and the sciences under the guise of a unified search for patterns"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preface: The most beautiful thing about knowledge -- Introduction. Understanding the world through patterns and principles -- The awareness of patterns : prehistory -- The explosion of patterns and the awareness of principles : early antiquity -- The explosion of principles and the awareness of deductions : classical antiquity -- The reduction of principles : post-classical period -- The discovery of patterns in deductions : the modern era -- Conclusion: The origin, growth, and future of knowledge.