Anatarah, Mac, and Re return once more to the realm of science studies. This time it is to discuss the indomitable Peter Damerow and the Max Planck history of science’s program of historical epistemology via their book Abstraction and Representation: Essays on the Cultural Evolution of Thinking. We discuss the usage and development of (reflective) abstractions, the similarities between Piaget and Hegel, and finally the genesis of the number concept. Along the way, we discuss Damerow's theory of writing and language as well as his concept of historiogenesis.

Recommend readings:

The new Damerow translation by the Marxism & Science Journal

The Creation of Numbers from Clay by McLaughlin & Schlaudt

Eye of the Master by Pasquinelli

Material Engagement Theory by Malafouris