Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Abbreviation	MPIWG
Formation	March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03)
Type	Scientific research institute
Location	Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
Executive director	Dagmar Schäfer
Directors	Jürgen Renn, Etienne Benson and Dagmar Schäfer
Key people	Lorraine Daston and Jürgen Renn, founding directors
Parent organization	Max Planck Society
Website	www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte) is a scientific research institute founded in March 1994.^[1] 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.^[2]