Max Planck Institute for the History of Science


The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is a scientific research institute founded in March 1994. It is dedicated to addressing fundamental questions of the history of knowledge from the Neolithic era to the present day, and its researchers pursue a historical epistemology in their study of how new categories of thought, proof, and experience have emerged in interactions between the sciences and their ambient cultures.

Organization

The MPIWG comprises two departments and several independent research groups. The departments are: