Article ID: CBB000076858

Blumenbach's racial geometry (1998)

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Description Criticizes Gould, Stephen Jay's discussion of Blumenbach's anthropological classification. Response by Gould, “On mental and visual geometry” (pp. 502-504).


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Authors & Contributors
Zammito, John H.
Nassar, Dalia
Brogan, Walter
Feigenbaum, Ryan William
Ulrich Kattmann
John S. Michael
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Science in Context
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau
Natural History
Medizinhistorisches Journal
Publishers
Villanova University
Concepts
Biology
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Physical anthropology
Embryology
Anthropology
Teleology
People
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Kant, Immanuel
Retzius, Anders
Wolff, Caspar Friedrich
Wolff, Christian von
Hunter, John
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Places
Germany
Europe
Institutions
Université de Montpellier
Universität Göttingen
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