Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences

Shared Assumptions, 1820-1858

Nonfiction, History, Eastern Europe, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences
Cover of the book Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences by James Elwick, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Author: James Elwick ISBN: 9780822981831
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: September 15, 2007
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: James Elwick
ISBN: 9780822981831
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: September 15, 2007
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

Elwick explores how the concept of "compound individuality" brought together life scientists working in pre-Darwinian London. Scientists conducting research in comparative anatomy, physiology, cellular microscopy, embryology and the neurosciences repeatedly stated that plants and animals were compounds of smaller independent units. Discussion of a "bodily economy" was widespread. But by 1860, the most flamboyant discussions of compound individuality had come to an end in Britain. Elwick relates the growth and decline of questions about compound individuality to wider nineteenth-century debates about research standards and causality. He uses specific technical case studies to address overarching themes of reason and scientific method.

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Elwick explores how the concept of "compound individuality" brought together life scientists working in pre-Darwinian London. Scientists conducting research in comparative anatomy, physiology, cellular microscopy, embryology and the neurosciences repeatedly stated that plants and animals were compounds of smaller independent units. Discussion of a "bodily economy" was widespread. But by 1860, the most flamboyant discussions of compound individuality had come to an end in Britain. Elwick relates the growth and decline of questions about compound individuality to wider nineteenth-century debates about research standards and causality. He uses specific technical case studies to address overarching themes of reason and scientific method.

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