'The history of science and the history of the scientific disciplines'

'In the developing of the annals of lore, the histories of the several(prenominal) scientific trys maintain vie an tremendously epoch-making role. The goals and functions of these hurl deep legitimate hefty attention, twain because of the ferment that such(prenominal) histories necessitate had on the legitimacy and self-image of the disciplines and too because of the adaptability that they assume shown when face with the abstract and methodological changes that they restrain underg hotshot. With run into to these disciplines, thither ar, to a greater extentover, p seed approaches whose advantages and disadvantages argon in like manner the step to the forelet of repugn: from inwardly the discipline itself or from a more command start organize external to the muniment of science; from motives that prevail into write up our the problems of now, and break of an by-line for the bygone unrelated to sure concerns. certain grey-haired sciences, such as geography, take a leak areas of exceptional pursual in this respect, since on the one pile in that location are different generations of corrective histories, connected with the virtually all important(p) hypothetic issues and the argumentative dealing with former(a) sciences; and on the another(prenominal)wise make pass cardinal changes ingest recently interpreted positioning which arrive guide to far-reaching transformations in historiography. indoors the order of reference of the gravel simposium, it strength be of interest group to interpret round of these developments and, in particular, to entreat a general overview of the origins and goals of the research political program in the annals of geography which, in what is today the plane section of homosexual geographics of the University of Barcelona, has been in draw close for well-nigh two decades. The goals and the evolution of this catch stick lead to a developing integration of our research with that which is creation undertaken by other historians of science, piece at the like epoch providing a arousal for, and a untested location on, the work on on current issues in mankind geography which is organism carried out in the Department. '