A Brief History of Quantification in Science

Etiologies of early humans were mythical, the world populated by spiritual entities, including humans who used spells, incantations, ritualized acts of all sorts to summon, supplicate and grapple with causality from out of mystical ideation and a mechanistic ignorance punctuated by technical insight into the solution of practical difficulties. A human being could adroitly design a hunting spear and at the … Continue reading A Brief History of Quantification in Science →

The Transition to a Philosophy of Science and Technology

By the close of the 19th century, European institutionalizing of historical analysis was well underway. Anthropological study was exploring the world, sending out expeditions to research foreign lands, mastering foreign languages, authoring increasingly competent translations into Caucasian tongues, getting a better sense for the way behavior and belief vary by culture, excavating important sites in … Continue reading The Transition to a Philosophy of Science and Technology →