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|Major Contributions=The way the work of George Sarton has influenced views of scientific change mainly involve the way scientific change is conceptualized in its essential elements and the general patterns that scientific change embodies. These are succinctly encapsulated in the “three principles” Sarton lays out in one of his main philosophical works, “The New Humanism”:
(1. ) Human Knowledge is essentially a function of the advance of positive knowledge[[CiteRef::Sarton (1924)|p. 9]].(2. ) The progress of each branch of science is essentially a function of the progress of all other branches. – This second principle expresses the unity of knowledge[[CiteRef::Sarton (1924)|p. 10]].(3. ) The progress of science is not due to the isolated efforts of a single people but the combined efforts of all peoples. – This third principle expresses the essential unity of mankind[[CiteRef:: Sarton (1924)|p. 11]].
The way that these principles are in general related to the views of scientific change Sarton held throughout his life are described below.
