Higher education and the growth of knowledge : a historical outline of aims and tensions / Michael Segre.
Pubblicazione:
London : Routledge, c2017.
Descrizione fisica:
228 p. ; 23 cm
Serie:
Routledge studies in cultural history
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. Then and now 2. The classical roots: Farewell to the Socratic method 3. The classical roots: Aristotle and beyond 4. The religious roots: priest and rabbis 5. The religious roots: Medieval intermezzo 6. The birth of the university 7. The age of innovation 8. Learning the new techniques 9. The advent of science 10. Science develops outside academia 11. The advent of modern university. Appendix 1. Galileo and the Medici: post-Renaissance patronage or post-modern historiography? Appendix 2. Kuhn, meritocracy and exellence. Bibliography. Names index. Places index. Subjects index
