The pyramid of sciences
May 9th, 2008 by thapke
Based on Auguste Comte, Ostwald developed within his philosophy of nature a “pyramid of science†in which a “science of order†(he called it also “Mathetik”) was the basis. Ostwald ordered the sciences within a pyramid. When working on a new topic, e.g. the color theory, he combined the new topic with every layer of […]