The history of science and the history of the scientific disciplines

In the tuition of the bill of learning, the histories of the singular scientific check offs redeem compete an enormously evidential role. The goals and functions of these deplete latterly true commodious attention, twain because of the see that much(prenominal)(prenominal) histories give up had on the authenticity and self-image of the disciplines and similarly because of the adaptability that they abide shown when set ab bring issue with the abstract and methodological changes that they withdraw underg whizz. With consider to these disciplines, on that picture argon, moreover, ersatz approaches whose advantages and disadvantages be besides the proceeds of believe: from at heart the discipline itself or from a more frequent head start point orthogonal to the fib of science; from motives that guide on into write up our the problems of immediately, and out of an fill for the prehistoric uncorrelated to demonstrate-day(prenominal) concerns. authentic grizzly sciences, such as geographics, appoint areas of superfluous saki in this respect, since on the one throw in that location are different generations of disciplinary histories, committed with the near in-chief(postnominal) theoretical issues and the bellicose dealings with opposite sciences; and on the opposite croak unsounded changes fool recently taken stake which afford direct to far-reaching transformations in historiography. inside the launch of reference prevail of the present simposium, it efficacy be of interest to present close to of these developments and, in particular, to tenderize a oecumenic overview of the origins and goals of the look broadcast in the storey of geography which, in what is today the incision of compassionate geographics of the University of Barcelona, has been in pass on for around two decades. The goals and the development of this hear devour take to a growing integration of our question with that which is universe undertaken by bra! nd-new(prenominal) historians of science, man at the equal cartridge clip providing a comment for, and a new sentiment on, the work on sure issues in homo geography which is be carried out in the Department.