# Archaeology and Historical Knowledge

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Foucault's archaeological works investigate historically specific rules that make statements, disciplines, and objects intelligible. Rather than narrating a steady accumulation of truth, they examine discontinuities and transformations in fields such as medicine, psychiatry, and the human sciences.

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