主题：The Sphere: Knowledge System Evolution and the Shared Scientific Identity of Europe
主讲人：Matteo Valleriani
时间：2023年10月16日（周一）下午15:30-18:00
地点：蒙民伟人文楼B206（科学史系系厅）
内容摘要：
The presentation aims to show the epistemological mechanisms underlying the process of transformation of European scientific knowledge during the Renaissance with a focus on astronomical knowledge. The argument is based on the analysis of shared knowledge and thus of the textbooks in use in all universities over a period of about 200 years. It will be shown how shared scientific knowledge evolved through a process of homogenization of scientific content, which in turn was a determining factor in the emergence of a shared cultural identity.
Since this is data-driven research, the presentation will also show methodological aspects and, in particular, applications of digital humanities related to the use of network theory.
主讲人简介：
Matteo Valleriani is research group leader at the Department I at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, honorary professor at the Technische Universität of Berlin, and professor by Special Appointment at the University of Tel Aviv. He investigates the relation between diffusion processes of scientific, practical, and technological knowledge and their economic and political preconditions. His research focuses on the Hellenistic period, the late Middle Ages, and the early modern period. Among his principal research endeavors, he leads the project “The Sphere: Knowledge System Evolution and the Shared Scientific Identity of Europe” (https://sphaera.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de), which investigates the formation and evolution of a shared scientific identity in Europe between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the context of this project, Matteo Valleriani implemented the development of Machine Learning technology and of the physics of complex system in the humanities. The project is also part of the investigations led by Matteo Valleriani in the context of BIFOLD (https://bifold.berlin).
