History of knowledge
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The history of knowledge is a field that is related to, but also different from the history of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....

, the history of scholarship
History of scholarship
The history of scholarship is the historical study of fields of study which are not covered by the English term "science" , but are covered by, for example, the German term "Wissenschaft"...

, the history of philosophy
History of philosophy
The history of philosophy is the study of philosophical ideas and concepts through time. Issues specifically related to history of philosophy might include : How can changes in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in its historical context? To what...

. History of knowledge includes the history of universities, publishing, libraries, and the social division of intellectual labor.

Literature

Burke, Peter (2000). A social history of knowledge. From Gutenberg to Diderot. Cambridge: Polity Press
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