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Digital resources

• Ressources électroniques (tous publics)
• Périodiques électroniques de la BnF - Sciences
• Les Signets de la BnF - Histoire des sciences et des techniques
• Exposition virtuelle Les expositions universelles à Paris 1867-1900

Catalogs

Catalogue général de la BnF

Where to consult the documents ?

Science and Technology Department

Ask a librarian

SINDBAD is a free virtual reference service providing document references and factual information. Ask a librarian (SINDBAD)

History, sociology and philosophy of science

• History
• Sociology
• Philosophy
• Iconography

Philosophy of science and technology

Portrait of Auguste Comte. Tony Toullion. (Album of portraits of Saint-Simonians.)

© BnF

In their open-access collections, as well as general studies on the philosophy of science categorized by major historical period (ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary), both the Reference library and the Research library offer a collection focused on epistemology and knowledge theory (Erkenntnistheorie). This collection is built around a “corpus” of philosophers of science – a collection of material that includes both works by philosophers and critical studies of their work. The philosophers covered include Auguste Comte, Michel Foucault, Karl Popper, Ludwig Wittgenstein, etc.

For the modern period, the emphasis is on logical positivism, the philosophers of the Circle of Vienna, and closely related movements.

 

Monday, February 7, 2011