Precursorism
Код 2476140
- ISBN: 978-5-5121-2872-5
Код 2476140
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Precursorism, called in its more extreme forms precursoritis or precursitis, is a characteristic of that kind of historical writing in which the author seeks antecedents of present-day institutions or ideas in earlier historical periods. This kind of anachronism is considered to be a form of Whig history and is a special problem among historians of science. The French historian of medieval science, Pierre Duhem, exemplifies several of the...
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