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Wed 13 May, 2015 11:15 am
I'm working on a project and compiling lists of things that people knew at certain periods in history, things like science, math, chemistry, engineering, etc. I am trying to categorize this kind of knowledge and am having trouble coming up with a satisfactory title. I don't want to simply call it 'Knowledge' because I feel that the term is too broad. I am trying to say 'knowledge of the world and how it works' in a less cumbersome fashion.
Any ideas?
@yaygob,
Here's a few quick thoughts: how about 'knowledge of the physical world' or 'scientific knowledge of the day'?
@Ragman,
Quote:Here's a few quick thoughts: how about 'knowledge of the physical world' or 'scientific knowledge of the day'?
That's what I would have suggested too, Rags, with one possible exception. Instead of "scientific knowledge," I would probably say "scientific theories."
Quote:"The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so." (Mark Twain)
@layman,
Quote:Instead of "scientific knowledge," I would probably say "scientific theories."
Pray tell, what's wrong with saying scientific knowledge?
@Ragman,
Quote:Pray tell, what's wrong with saying scientific knowledge?
Well, it aint "knowledge," that's all. It's theory. I thought the Twain quote illustrated what I was getting at, but maybe not.
@layman,
Wandering off mumbling to myself
@Ragman,
Quote:Wandering off mumbling to myself
Hmmm. Well, I guess I could elaborate, if you really care.
@layman,
I'm kinda bored, Rags, so I started a whole new thread on this subject, if you care to look.
@yaygob,
Human Knowledge throughout History?
@FBM,
Evolution of Scientific Thought
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