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Annals of Science 

Taylor & Francis
About: Annals of Science is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Annals & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 0003-3790. Over the lifetime, 1712 publications have been published receiving 17101 citations.


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TL;DR: Theological speculations on God's relation to place and space were introduced into the Jewish tradition by the early rabbis, initially in response to the previous appearance of words like māqom (place) in Biblical literature as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Summary Theological speculations on God's relation to place and space were introduced into the Jewish tradition by the early rabbis, initially in response to the previous appearance of words like māqom (place) in Biblical literature In the Middle Ages, Jewish philosophers modified these rabbinical ideas in the context of Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, and anti-Aristotelian currents within Jewish thought One development in medieval Jewish thought of special interest for the development of ideas of space was the rise of Cabala, which Christian thinkers of the Renaissance and early modern periods saw as a sacred and primeval deposit of wisdom akin to prisca theologia Both Henry More and, under More's influence, Joseph Raphson made use of Cabalist ideas in developing their own theologies of space Isaac Newton was aware of these Jewish ideas but for the most part repudiated them, while making some use of māqom as an expression of God's omnipresence

155 citations

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TL;DR: The history of a word is never solely a matter of etymology: the need for a new word is socially determined, right at the start, and any subsequent changes of denotation, as well as the cluster of connotations surrounding it, are also in response to demands from society as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The appellation scientist is considered a title of honor, hotly contended for by economists, engineers, physicians, psychologists, and others. The word itself is widely believed to have been classical for centuries; yet it is actually of recent origin and had a hard fight to establish itself against a number of competitors. The argument, which is now an old and forgotten controversy, was chiefly about its etymology; but the history of a word is never solely a matter of etymology: the need for a new word is socially determined, right at the start, and any subsequent changes of denotation, as well as the cluster of connotations surrounding it, are also in response to demands from society. The word cannot be isolated from its historical background; indeed some key words offer a concise and suggestive clue to the historian or sociologist

143 citations

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TL;DR: This account of the conflict between phrenologists and anti-phrenologists in early nineteenth-century Edinburgh is offered as a case study in the sociological explanation of intellectual activity.
Abstract: Summary This account of the conflict between phrenologists and anti-phrenologists in early nineteenth-century Edinburgh is offered as a case study in the sociological explanation of intellectual activity. The historiographical value and propriety of a sociological approach to ideas is defended against accounts which assume the autonomy of knowledge. By attending to the social context of the debate and the functions of ideas in that context one may construct an explanation of why the conflict took the course it did.

129 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
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202327
202224
20215
202014
201925
201820