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Knowledge transfer and its contexts


Herfeld, Catherine; Lisciandra, Chiara (2019). Knowledge transfer and its contexts. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 77:1-10.

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Knowledge transfer across different contexts has become an increasingly prevalent feature of current science. As such, it is a relevant topic also for history and philosophy of science. This special issue presents a set of papers that study knowledge transfer in various disciplines. The contributions approach the topic from either an integrated history and philosophy of science perspective, 2) a systematic philosophical perspective, or 3) a historical perspective. This overview article is organized in three sections. The introduction provides some background and context of the topic. The second section specifies the three components of knowledge transfer, i.e., knowledge, context, and the transfer process. It motivates our take on this topic and then outlines the central ideas of each paper. The third section reflects on the kinds of methods used to study processes of knowledge transfer. The article concludes by highlighting some of the features of such processes, some of the main challenges and obstacles that those processes involve, and possible ways of dealing with them.

Abstract

Knowledge transfer across different contexts has become an increasingly prevalent feature of current science. As such, it is a relevant topic also for history and philosophy of science. This special issue presents a set of papers that study knowledge transfer in various disciplines. The contributions approach the topic from either an integrated history and philosophy of science perspective, 2) a systematic philosophical perspective, or 3) a historical perspective. This overview article is organized in three sections. The introduction provides some background and context of the topic. The second section specifies the three components of knowledge transfer, i.e., knowledge, context, and the transfer process. It motivates our take on this topic and then outlines the central ideas of each paper. The third section reflects on the kinds of methods used to study processes of knowledge transfer. The article concludes by highlighting some of the features of such processes, some of the main challenges and obstacles that those processes involve, and possible ways of dealing with them.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Philosophy
06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Sociology
Dewey Decimal Classification:100 Philosophy
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > History
Social Sciences & Humanities > History and Philosophy of Science
Uncontrolled Keywords:General Medicine
Language:English
Date:1 October 2019
Deposited On:09 Aug 2019 12:58
Last Modified:22 Sep 2023 01:44
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0039-3681
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2019.06.002
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