Over a century, between the 18th and the 19th century, scientific culture came to consider the brain as the particular organ designed to produce thought. After having discussed the works of naturalists, anthropologists and philosophers who searched for the “seat of the soul”, the essay traces the emergence of cultural movements, such as phrenology, whoch made the study of the brain and its faculties the starting point for wider reflection on human nature and its potential.
Between Form and Function: A New Science of Man
POGLIANO, CLAUDIO SERGIO
1991-01-01
Abstract
Over a century, between the 18th and the 19th century, scientific culture came to consider the brain as the particular organ designed to produce thought. After having discussed the works of naturalists, anthropologists and philosophers who searched for the “seat of the soul”, the essay traces the emergence of cultural movements, such as phrenology, whoch made the study of the brain and its faculties the starting point for wider reflection on human nature and its potential.File in questo prodotto:
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