Disciplines in the making : cross-cultural perspectives on elites, learning, and innovation

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Lloyd, G. E. R. (Geoffrey Ernest Richard), 1933-

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We tend to assume that our map of the intellectual disciplines is valid cross-culturally. Lloyd challenges this in relation to eight main areas of human endeavour, namely philosophy, mathematics, h...

We tend to assume that our map of the intellectual disciplines is valid cross-culturally. Lloyd challenges this in relation to eight main areas of human endeavour, namely philosophy, mathematics, history, medicine, art, law, religion, and science, by examining how the disciplines were conceived and developed.

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