Philosophical Foundations of Knowledge
Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the groundwork for Western epistemology, exploring the nature of conocimiento and its acquisition.
Ancient Greece
4th Century
Neoplatonism and Conocimiento
Plotinus and other Neoplatonists expanded on Platonic ideas, emphasizing mystical and intuitive conocimiento.
8th-13th Century
Islamic Golden Age
Scholars such as Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes preserved and expanded upon Greek conocimiento, integrating it with Islamic thought.
13th Century
Scholasticism
Thomas Aquinas and other Scholastics synthesized Aristotelian conocimiento with Christian theology, influencing medieval European thought.
16th Century
Renaissance Humanism
The Renaissance sparked a revival of classical conocimiento, emphasizing human potential and empirical observation.
17th Century
Scientific Revolution
Figures like Galileo, Newton, and Descartes revolutionized conocimiento through the development of the scientific method and mechanistic philosophy.
18th Century
Philosophers such as Kant and Hume explored the limits and scope of human conocimiento, emphasizing reason and empirical evidence.
19th Century
Technological advancements and scientific discoveries expanded practical conocimiento, transforming societies and economies.
Early 20th Century
The Vienna Circle and other philosophers promoted a verificationist approach to conocimiento, focusing on scientific and logical analysis.
Mid 20th Century
The cognitive revolution in psychology shifted the focus to understanding the mental processes underlying conocimiento.
1960s
Postmodernist thinkers questioned the objectivity and universality of conocimiento, emphasizing its contextual and constructed nature.
1990s
The rise of the internet and digital technologies transformed the accessibility and dissemination of conocimiento, leading to the information age.
2000s
Organizations began to systematically manage and leverage conocimiento to gain competitive advantages, leading to the development of knowledge management practices.
2010s
Advancements in big data and artificial intelligence significantly impacted the ways in which conocimiento is gathered, analyzed, and applied.
2020s
The proliferation of misinformation and fake news has posed new challenges for the verification and reliability of conocimiento in the digital age.
