Scenarios about 'intellectual history'
Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'intellectual history'.
What If The PhD Degree Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Doctor of Philosophy degree never emerged as the pinnacle of academic achievement, radically transforming higher education, scientific progress, and knowledge specialization.
What If Universities Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where medieval universities never emerged as institutions, fundamentally altering the development of knowledge, science, and society throughout history.
What If Socrates Was Never Executed?
Exploring how Western philosophy and intellectual development might have unfolded if Socrates had not been executed in 399 BCE but instead continued teaching and developing his ideas into old age.