In the early modern period, ignorance was commonly perceived as a sin, a flaw, a defect, and even a threat to religion and the social order. Yet praises of igno

Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently at the top of the discipline's methodolog

"This volume emerged from workshops held at Pennsylvania State University in 2003 and Stanford University in 2005"--P. vii.

One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Often, many people understand that

This volume argues through a series of selected local studies, for the importance of "textual criticism" as a fundamental act of historical interpretation and r