Variant of CIP 2011 - Primary groupings

• 03 - Humanities
• 54. - History
• 54.01 - History

54.0104 - History and philosophy of science and technology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the historical evolution of scientific theories, science applications and technologies, and the scientific, medical, and technological disciplines, as well as the philosophy of science and its historical socio-economic context. These programs include courses in the concepts and methods of philosophical inquiry; historiography of science; history of science, medicine, and technology; and research methods in the history of the scientific and engineering disciplines, including mathematics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • history and philosophy of science
  • history of medicine
  • history of science
  • philosophy of science and technology
  • science history

• Exclusion(s)

  • metaphysics(38.0199)
  • science, technology and society(30.1501)