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Knowledge 2007: Map of Human Knowledge
Foundations of Knowledge
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foundations of Knowledge - Galileo Galilei facing the Roman Inquisition (Cristiano Banti, 1857). Supernatural - God creates man (Michelangelo, Ceiling of Sistine Chapel) Matter and Energy - Sun (NASA). Space and Earth - Solar System Montage (NASA, 2000). Non-Human Organisms - Gorilla (Gerald and Buff Corsi © 2001 California Academy of Sciences). Human Body and Mind – Charles Robert Darwin, 1809 – 1882. Human Society - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948 (United Nations, 1949). Human Thought and Art – The Vitruvian Man (Leonardo da Vinci, 1492). Technology - Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-107 (NASA, 2003). Human History - The French Revolution, "Liberty Leading the People", (Eugene Delacroix, 1830).
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Human knowledge is composed of 10 pillars. Pillar 1, Foundations, is focused on the metaknowledge of human knowledge (Metaknowledge is knowledge about knowledge). It explores the philosophical, sociological, historical, methodological, and mediating perspectives of human knowledge itself.
foundations of Knowledge - Galileo Galilei facing the Roman Inquisition (Cristiano Banti, 1857).
Foundations
1. Theory
      Philosophy of Knowledge (Epistemology) – Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Philosophy of Knowledge
      Philosophy of Science - Aristotle, marble copy of bronze by Lysippos. Louvre Museum. Philosophy of Science
2. Context (Place & Time)
      History of Science - Camille Flammarion, L'Atmosphere: Météorologie Populaire (Paris, 1888), p. 163 (U. Oklahoma). History of Science
      Bookshelves. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1725 (details) (Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna). Sociology of Knowledge
3. Methodology
      Bookshelves. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1725 (details) (Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna). Methodology of Science
4. Mediation
      Information Science - "Buecherwurm" (Book Worm) by Carl Spitzweg, 1850. Information Science
      Scientometrics – Shared References Map, A bibliometric view of Scientometrics (Olle Persson, Inforsk). Scientometrics
      Museology - The Tribuna of the Uffizi; a painting by Johann Zoffany, 1772-78 Museology
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