Der Hochsitz des Wissens, Das Allgemeine als wissenschaftlicher Wert

This volume investigates the epistemological and cultural significance of the category “general” in the sciences of the 19th and early 20th century. It analyzes how, in several scientific disciplines — from biology and physics, to history and medicine — ideas about generality and universality emerged as a focus for scientific theorizing. It demonstrates that “general” as a scientific value has its own history that is rooted in the specific trajectories of respective scientific disciplines and their cultural milieu. This study provides important insights for similar attempts to integrate an ever-increasing number of scientific disciplines and subdisciplines within a framework of inter-, multi- or transdisciplinarity.